I would like to draw to the attention of hon. members the presence in the gallery of Mrs. Georgette LeBlanc, the eighth parliamentary poet laureate; the Hon. David Eby, attorney general for the Province of British Columbia; and Mr. Fred Sasakamoose, elder of Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation, a former student at St. Michael’s Indian Residential School, the first indigenous hockey player in the NHL, and the inspiration for Richard Wagamese’s award-winning book and the film of the same name, Indian Horse.
In the House of Commons on March 27th, 2018. See this statement in context.