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Stephanie Scott

Canada did not succeed: we are still here and we are powerful

Canada is just emerging from a federal election and, although the makeup of Parliament did not shift much, the outcome will determine the future

Opinion | BY STEPHANIE SCOTT | September 29, 2021

The election followed a summer where the discoveries of more than 1,300 unmarked graves at former residential schools across the country inspired calls for action. A record number of 77 Indigenous candidates ran for election. One-in-five Canadian voters included Reconciliation as part of their ‘top five’ issues—double the amount from 2019. Yet despite this, Reconciliation faded into the background, writes Stephanie Scott. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Canada did not succeed: we are still here and we are powerful

Opinion | BY STEPHANIE SCOTT | September 29, 2021

Canada is just emerging from a federal election and, although the makeup of Parliament did not shift much, the outcome will determine the future

Canada did not succeed: we are still here and we are powerful

Opinion | BY STEPHANIE SCOTT | September 29, 2021

Canada is just emerging from a federal election and, although the makeup of Parliament did not shift much, the outcome will determine the future

The election followed a summer where the discoveries of more than 1,300 unmarked graves at former residential schools across the country inspired calls for action. A record number of 77 Indigenous candidates ran for election. One-in-five Canadian voters included Reconciliation as part of their ‘top five’ issues—double the amount from 2019. Yet despite this, Reconciliation faded into the background, writes Stephanie Scott. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia