Hastings County Council marked the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at its meeting on Thursday.
Warden Rick Phillips said, “It’s so important to listen to these stories to truly understand the impact that residential schools have had on so many people.”
“And as we take our first collective steps forward I commit to you as your warden that we will continue to listen and educate ourselves around the process of reconciliation that will lead all of us to healing together.”
In a video, Indigenous Chief Robert Joseph said that when he first heard the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report his “eyes were flowing with tears.”
“Canada is the only western country that has had a Truth and Reconciliation Commission so we’re trying to look through a new lens. We as Canadians, we as an Aboriginal, can celebrate each other.”