Reconciliation
Our Government's Progress on
Reconciliation
Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples is a top priority for our Liberal government. We affirm the inherent rights of Indigenous peoples and are working to implement the calls to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and we have passed UNDRIP into law.
The Liberal government helped lift all long-term boil water advisories in B.C. and are investing in Indigenous cultural and economic revitalization, health systems, skills training, and Indigenous-led Child and Family Services. The Liberal Party committed to empowering Indigenous communities through partnership, trust and cooperation on the shared path of true reconciliation.
Read more below and download our report to read more about our work towards meaningful reconciliation.
Highlights from the Report
- The Government of Canada is working with Indigenous Peoples to design, develop, and deliver Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas, which highlight Indigenous rights, roles and responsibilities, conserve culture, land and waters, and steward habitat and species at risk, in ways that are consistent with natural andIndigenous laws. Through the Indigenous Guardians Pilot Program, the Government of Canada provides support for Indigenous peoples exercising their rights and responsibilities to the land, water, and ice of their traditional territories through on the ground, community based stewardship initiatives.
- Implemented the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
- Signing of the B.C. Tripartite Education Agreement which will benefit all First Nations students in B.C. and 200 First Nations, supporting students who attend any one of the 131 on reserve First Nations schools or those who attend public or off reserve independent schools in B.C
- Committed $3.8 million, in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Call to Action 65, to develop an Indigenous research plan that identifies new ways of doing research with First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities, including strategies to grow the capacity of Indigenous communities to conduct research and partner with the broader research community.
Our government has started on the path towards meaningful reconciliation, but it is not over.
Liberals know that purposeful and permanent relationships with Indigenous, Métis and Inuit communities are a foundational requirement to building a better nation, for everyone.
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