“The Canadian Human Rights Commission welcomes the historic $40 billion dollar agreement-in-principle to reform the First Nations child and family services program, to ensure Canada’s implementation of Jordan’s Principle, and to compensate some 200,000 First Nations children and families who suffered as a result of Canada’s discriminatory funding of these services.
As we mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, it is an opportunity for everyone in Canada to reaffirm our commitment to inclusion and equality by reflecting on how we can eliminate barriers for people with disabilities. It is also an opportunity to celebrate the many contributions and achievements of people with disabilities across Canada.
As we mark National Housing Day today, Canada’s worsening housing crisis is more concerning than ever. It is unacceptable in a country like Canada that an increasing number of people are homeless, facing evictions, or cannot find an affordable place to live.
On the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we acknowledge and commemorate the devastating legacy of residential schools, where tens of thousands of Indigenous children were taken from their families and forcibly separated from their language and culture. Many never returned home.
The hate, intolerance, and violence on display during this election was unprecedented, unacceptable, and frightening.
Today, we mark National Indigenous Peoples Day to recognize, honour and celebrate the diverse cultures, traditions, and achievements of First Nations, the Métis Nation, and Inuit in Canada.
I am outraged and heartbroken by the act of terrorism in London, Ontario. I mourn for the victims and my heart aches for their family, friends and community.
The Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) joins the call for a thorough investigation of all former residential school sites. We stand with residential school survivors and their families, Indigenous leaders and communities, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights who have called for prompt and meaningful action.
National AccessAbility Week is an opportunity to celebrate the contributions of people with disabilities. It is a chance to reaffirm our commitment to inclusion and to eliminating barriers that deny people with disabilities full and equal access to health care, to economic security, to information, to products and services, to transportation, to education, and to employment.
I am deeply saddened and pained by the news of the discovery of the remains of 215 children found in a mass grave at the former Indian residential school in Kamloops. My heart aches for the families and communities grieving for their lost loved-ones.