National Truth & Reconciliation Day

Call on your elected representatives at all levels of government to act for justice and accountability by asking the federal government to:  

• Implement the 94 calls to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; 
• Implement the 213 calls for justice from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls; 
• Implement the calls in the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada’s Spirit Bear Plan; 
• Fully cooperate with international investigations into human rights abuses experienced by Indigenous peoples in Canada; 
• Implement UN recommendations to halt resource development projects that do not have the free, prior, and informed consent of affected communities; 
• Fully fund mental health and other services to support Indigenous peoples in dealing with traumas caused by colonial policies and practices, in accordance with their wishes;  
• Where requested by affected communities, fully fund examinations of burial grounds at other former residential and day schools and ensure that Indigenous peoples control access to sites according to their own laws and customs; 
• Investigate and prosecute perpetrators responsible for the deaths of Indigenous children at residential schools; 
• Appoint a special rapporteur and create a legal framework to protect burial sites; and 
• Urge the Catholic Church to release all records and photos related to residential schools, and again seek an apology and reparations for survivors and their families.