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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

30 September 2021
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In September 2020, Heritage Minister, Steven Guilbeault, tabled a bill proposing that Orange Shirt Day, 30th September, become a national statutory holiday. Bill C-5, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, was expedited, and passed unanimously in both houses, after Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc leaders announced the discovery of 200 unmarked graves at Kamloops Residential School on 28 May 2021. The bill received royal assent on 3 June 2021 and the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation was observed on 30 September 2021.

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