At last evening’s Council meeting, Niagara Regional Council passed three motions that take steps (small, though they may be) toward Truth and Reconciliation with our Indigenous friends, neighbours, relatives, and communities.
I am pleased that this Council passed the following three items/motions unanimously (the full text of which are below the video):
Corporate Services Committee Minute Item No. 5.5
CSC-C 27-2021 – Motion Respecting National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
CL-C 71-2021
Niagara Region’s Corporate Day for Learning and Reflection on September 30, 2021
CAO 15-2021
Updated Land Acknowledgement Statements
You can watch the video of the meeting here. The discussion (from my changes to the order of the agenda and the Chair’s remarks to the passing of the items/motions) about the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and the two items related to it begins at: 00:11:45 and ends at 00:38:45.