Mr. Speaker, I have been saying for so long that we spend billions of dollars trying to recognize and understand other countries' cultures, how to do business with them and how to walk among them when we have failed to do that here at home with our own people. We need to do more. We need to listen to our elders. We need to walk with them and understand the process of grieving that is taking place. It is only going to get worse as we move forward. This is going to reopen deep scars and wounds and we need to be there for them, as leaders and Canadians as one nation.
In the House of Commons on June 1st, 2021. See this statement in context.