That's great. I just wanted your thoughts. I appreciate that. It's no secret that I'm in favour of two days. I'm in favour of keeping National Indigenous Peoples Day as it is and having another day for the great thinking and the respect and honour we do to indigenous peoples, first nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, and that we have to commemorate this.
I was struck by the testimony and I was speaking with colleagues who were struck by the testimony of indigenous and non-indigenous children who thought Orange Shirt Day was just a day when you put on an orange shirt. They need to know why. We all need to know why. We have to go into the heart of this issue and we have to have a day in our calendar that says we have to pause and think about this. I don't buy the money arguments. People are going to get paid anyway.
So let's pause and have everybody.... It's $11 million. Are we worth spending $11 million on to commemorate this part of our history? Yes, absolutely.
Virginia and NWAC, thank you for that moving testimony. How can we preserve the best of National Indigenous Peoples Day and also commemorate what needs to be commemorated with a new day?