Today, Greg Rickford, Minister of Indigenous Affairs, issued the following statement on Louis Riel Day:<\/p>\n
\u201cToday we commemorate and reflect on Louis Riel\u2019s historical legacy and quest for justice. A hero to M\u00e9tis people, Riel was executed 135 years ago after being found guilty of treason for leading the North-West Rebellion in defense of M\u00e9tis rights, land and culture.<\/em><\/p>\n Viewed by many today as a champion of minority language rights and Father of Confederation, Riel is credited with founding the province of Manitoba and preserving the diverse history, culture and identity of the M\u00e9tis people.<\/em><\/p>\n We commemorate Louis Riel Day annually to honour his legacy and lasting impact on Canada. I invite everyone to learn more about this important historical figure and the significant contributions of M\u00e9tis people to Ontario.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today, Greg Rickford, Minister of Indigenous Affairs, issued the following statement on Louis Riel Day: \u201cToday we commemorate and reflect on Louis Riel\u2019s historical legacy and quest for justice. A …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-federal"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-12 03:45:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38982,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38981\/revisions\/38982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}