Canada links reconciliation to action for Indigenous communities

The statement honours Survivors of Canada’s residential school system and remembers the children who never returned home. It says more than 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children were sent to residential schools, and that the federal government bears responsibility for the harm caused.

Commitments cited: Work on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action, including closing gaps in health care and education, protecting Indigenous languages and cultures, improving safe drinking water and infrastructure, and advancing Calls for Justice and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.

Support available 24/7:

• National Indian Residential School Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419
• Hope for Wellness Helpline: 1-855-242-3310 or online chat at hopeforwellness.ca