B.C. legislature rejects bill to scrap National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

A move to scrap British Columbia’s statutory holiday for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation was launched in the provincial legislature on Thursday by OneBC leader and Vancouver-Quilchena ML

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The private member’s bill, titled the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Statute Repeal Act, sought to repeal B.C.’s recognition of September 30 as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

“We have no regrets, nothing to reconcile for, and no apologies to give because we did nothing wrong,” Brodie said when introduci…