Mr. Speaker, Secret Path Week marks the dates that both Chanie Wenjack and Gord Downie passed away.
Chanie Wenjack was a 12-year-old boy who died of exposure while attempting to get back home to his family from residential school.
Secret Path Week is about creating a national platform to have conversations, learn about indigenous culture and create awareness of a true history regarding residential schools. The Downie and Wenjack fund has implemented legacy school programs in over 1,300 schools in every province and territory in Canada.
We urge all parliamentarians, and all Canadians, to answer Gord Downie's call to action to do something by supporting reconciliation to further the conversation about the history of residential schools.