Canadian Heritage committee  I just want to say that as we talk about Thanksgiving, about the land of discovery where we all sat around a big table and ate turkey, that's not our history at all. Our history of discovery is a whole different story, so I agree with you in some ways. Let's talk about Victoria

Canadian Heritage committee  I sit down every Orange Shirt Day—I have about five of them which have been sent to me over time—and I absolutely love it. It's a day of remembering and understanding what's happened: what's happened to my mother, to our culture. To me, June 21 is a day of rebirth, a day of a ne

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the space you've created for me to speak today. My name is Ron Rousseau, from the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. I'm here today in my capacity as the indigenous rights equity vice-president of the Canadian Labour Congress. Within my union and the broader labour