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In November 2022, the Legislature of Yukon unanimously approved National Truth and Reconciliation Day as statutory holiday in the territory. The bill was sponsored by MLA Annie Blake. [11] [58] In February 2023, B.C. Minister Harry Bains introduced a bill in the BC Legislature to make September 30 a paid statutory holiday in the province. [59]
September 30, 2022 marks the second National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada, a day intended to acknowledge the impact of the residential school system on the country’s legacy. But ...
Phyllis Webstad (née Jack; born July 13, 1967) is a Northern Secwepemc (Shuswap) author and activist from the Stswecem'c Xgat'tem First Nation, [note 1] and the creator of Orange Shirt Day, a day of remembrance marked in Canada later instated as the public holiday of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
We Know the Truth: Stories to Inspire Reconciliation is a Canadian television documentary film, which was broadcast by CBC Television on September 30, 2021, to mark the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. [1]
Truth and Reconciliation Day – September 30; Remembrance Day – November 11; Optional. Gold Cup Parade Day - Third Friday in August. Celebrated in the capital city of Charlottetown marking the end of the Provincial Exhibition and the Gold Cup and Saucer race at the Charlottetown Driving Park. The day is observed as a holiday by some ...
September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) ... National Day for Truth and Reconciliation or Orange Shirt Day [65] [66] References
Meanwhile, Republicans are gunning to pass two massive conservative policy and spending overhauls via a process called "reconciliation," which lowers the threshold for passage in the Senate from ...
Reconciliation (#80) — Establish a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation as a statutory holiday: Bill C-5 was passed on June 3, 2021, to make Orange Shirt Day (September 30) a statutory holiday. [55]