‘Ready to partner’: Trudeau makes first visit to Tk’emlups te Secwepemc in Kamloops, B.C.
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The prime minister is visiting Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc for the first time since the harrowing discovery of unmarked graves at a former residential school in the spring.
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After snubbing the First Nation’s invitations on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Justin Trudeau visited Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc for the first time on Monday.
Elders, Kukpi7 Rosanne Casimir and guests participated in ceremony, honouring residential school survivors and the children who never made it home, before inviting the prime minister to speak.
When he did, he said Canada was “ready to partner” on reconciliation.
Trudeau faced significant backlash for vacationing in Tofino, B.C. instead of accepting the community’s “heartfelt” invitations to attend Sept. 30 ceremonies at the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc Powwow Arbour.
He had spoken with some residential school survivors by phone the night before, and attended a ceremony on Parliament Hill, but apologized for making the trip to Tofino calling the decision a “mistake.”
Again on Monday, he said he “deeply” regretted that choice.
“I am deeply grateful to Kukpi7 Casimir for having welcomed me here today,” he said. “After Sept. 30, she could have chosen to turn her back on me and the federal government … and yet she reached out and said, ‘Please come, and listen and learn, and we will walk this path together.'”
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