Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
WHEREAS the federal government implemented a national policy to educate aboriginal children through establishing residential schools, mission schools, and federal day schools in Canada;
AND WHEREAS the federal government acknowledged the wrongs these residential schools, mission schools, and federal day schools have done and the significant impact there has been on aboriginal people in Canada;
AND WHEREAS the federal government has established a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to hear directly from survivors and communities on their experiences at these residential schools, missions schools, and federal day schools;
AND WHEREAS the Truth and Reconciliation Commission has not yet held any hearings and residential school survivors are waiting to tell their stories to the commission;
AND WHEREAS elders in the Northwest Territories need to have the opportunity to tell their stories;
NOW THEREFORE I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta, that the Government of the Northwest Territories urge the federal government to implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and have the commission schedule commission hearings in the Northwest Territories;
AND FURTHERMORE, that the Government of the Northwest Territories work with the federal government to establish a Northwest Territories Truth and Reconciliation Commission.