We need to acknowledge the historical and ongoing wrongs and intergenerational trauma that affect so many Indigenous Peoples.

Today, flags across the country are being flown at half-mast to honour the 215 children whose lives were taken at the former Kamloops residential school and all Indigenous children who never made it home, the survivors, and their families.

This is a sign that we as a government and as a country accept responsibility for our failings. We must continue to advance the journey of reconciliation and healing together.