Reconciliation to be added to Wednesday’s political forum

An all-candidates’ forum has been scheduled for Wednesday night at the John M. Cuelenaere Public Library in Prince Albert.

The Prince Albert chapter of the Council of Canadians has added the topic of reconciliation to the “Not in the News” discussion, calling it a “serious omission.”

The commissioners for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) noted in a release, “Reconciliation requires constructive action on addressing the ongoing legacies of colonialism that have had destructive impacts on Aboriginal peoples’ education, cultures and languages, health, child welfare, the administration of justice and economic opportunities and prosperity.”

The candidates will be asked what their party’s policy is on implementing recommendations made by the TRC to set things right with First Nations, Inuit and Metis people.