Canada: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends flag raising for residential school survivors – August 29, 2022

Canada: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends flag raising for residential school survivors – August 29, 2022

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a ceremony on Parliament Hill for the raising of the survivors’ flag, a symbol of remembrance to honour residential school survivors.

Also taking part in the ceremony are Claudette Commanda (Algonquin elder from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg), Dylan Whiteduck (chief of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg), Stephanie Scott (executive director of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation), and residential school survivors Eugene Arcand, Levinia Brown, and Jimmy Durocher.

Following the ceremony, Scott, Brown, and Arcand join federal ministers Marc Miller (Crown-Indigenous relations) and Dan Vandal (northern affairs) for a media availability.