Mr. Speaker, in the second petition, the petitioners note that Canada has committed harm towards indigenous people and communities through historical and ongoing colonization and genocide. They go on to note that indigenous peoples continue to face systemic racism, including in the health care, education, housing, child welfare and criminal justice systems. They go on to note that the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission laid out 94 calls to action and that the federal government is responsible, jointly or primarily, for 76 of these. Only 13 of those have been acted on to date.
The petitioners have several direct calls for the government, which include implementing all 94 calls to action of the TRC; urgently adopting all 231 calls for justice of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls; and prioritizing funding and policies that advance the process of Canadian reconciliation and justice.