6 years after TRC report, Canada is failing to ‘rectify ongoing harms’ against Indigenous communities, new report charges – Toronto Star
March 1, 2022
Following the confirmation of mass unmarked graves in 2021, Canada implemented more TRC calls to action within three weeks than it had in the previous three years.
Canada is continuing to “perform” reconciliation for the sake of its own reputation rather than implementing structural changes that would “rectify ongoing harms” and change the “disparate realities” that Indigenous peoples face in Canada, a recent report from the Yellowhead Institute charges.
This comes six years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released its Final Report and 94 Calls to Action with the goal of remedying the legacy of residential schools and advancing reconciliation.
Last year, Canada implemented three calls from the report — more within three weeks than in the previous three years, according to the December 2021 report. In June alone, Canada appointed a language commissioner (No. 15), named a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (No. 80) and changed the Oath of Citizenship (No. 94).
