National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to become a statutory holiday in B.C. Labour Minister Harry Bains says holiday will be observed beginning September 2023.
Labour Minister Harry Bains says holiday will be observed in B.C. beginning in September 2023Marchers at a North Vancouver pilgrimage on the second National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in 2022 sang songs, held up banners, and beat drums to remember the children who attended residential schools and celebrate community. Sept. 30 will be a statutory holiday across B.C. beginning in 2023.Sept.
Eddy Charlie, a survivor of the Kuper Island Residential School off the east coast of Vancouver Island, described the residential school system as "one of the most horrific hate machines ever" during Tuesday's press conference. "Today, 50 years after I left residential school, I still wake up every day with remembrance of what happened to me as a child," he said.The statutory holiday is a result of a call to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which asked the federal government to establish a day to honour residential school survivors, their families and communities.
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