Madam Speaker, I would like to present a number of petitions from people in my riding and adjacent ridings that support the truth and reconciliation of aboriginal peoples of Canada.
The petitioners draw the House's attention to the fact that the Canadian government declared the Sinixt tribal group extinct in 1956. Among other things, the petitioners also point out that the Sinixt peoples have never in fact ceased to exist as a tribal group.
Therefor, the petitioners call upon Parliament to reverse the wrongful declaration of the extinction of the Sinixt tribal group and take immediate steps to recognize the Sinixt as an autonomous tribal group within its traditional and ancestral Canadian territory.