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Ontario won't support making Truth and Reconciliation Day a holiday for now: minister

Published Nov 29, 2024 at 4:51pm

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Ontario won't support making Truth and Reconciliation Day a holiday for now: minister
Ontario's only First Nation representative at Queen's Park will table a bill Thursday to declare the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation a statutory holiday. New Democrat deputy leader Sol Mamakwa speaks during a press conference in Toronto on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

Premier Doug Ford's government will not support a New Democrat's bill to make the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation a statutory holiday in the province, the Indigenous affairs minister said Thursday.

But Greg Rickford left some wiggle room to declare the day a holiday in the future.

"We are not prepared to support a holiday for now," he said in an interview.

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