Madam Speaker, I rise to table two petitions today. The first is in support of the Indian Residential School Survivors Society.
The petition has been signed by more than 2,600 people calling on the Government of Canada to honour the TRC calls to action and the national inquiry for women and girls.
Petitioners are calling for the government to respect residential school survivors, their families and their communities. They call on the government to keep its promises to avoid gaps in survivor-centred services. They call for sustained and stable core funding for the Indian Residential School Survivors Society to prevent program lapses, including funding for indigenous-led healing, wellness and crisis support programs related to residential school impacts. They also call on the government to work with the society, the indigenous community and partners for a stable, long-term framework that reflects the actual service needs.