{"id":84045,"date":"2026-06-21T11:16:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T15:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=84045"},"modified":"2026-06-21T11:16:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T15:16:55","slug":"pm-carney-statement-on-national-indigenous-peoples-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/pm-carney-statement-on-national-indigenous-peoples-day\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Carney Statement on National Indigenous Peoples Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 21, 2026
\nOttawa, Ontario<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cOn National Indigenous Peoples Day, we celebrate the rich histories, cultures, languages, and contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and M\u00e9tis \u2013 and the enduring role Indigenous Peoples have played in building Canada.<\/p>\n

Indigenous Peoples have been stewards of Canada\u2019s lands and waters since time immemorial, mapping this continent thousands of years before the Europeans arrived. After generations of laws, policies, and institutions that tried to suppress and marginalise Indigenous Peoples, today, First Nations, Inuit, and M\u00e9tis are shaping their own futures, and therefore Canada\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

Over the past year, our government has been working in partnership with Indigenous Peoples to advance shared priorities and major projects, including Iqaluit Nukkiksautiit, Ksi Lisims LNG, and the\u00a0Arctic Economic and Security Corridor \u2013\u00a0with Indigenous communities sharing in the benefits through equity ownership and resource stewardship.<\/p>\n

Through the Spring Economic Update 2026, we announced more than $4\u00a0billion to improve access to health care, culturally relevant education, and nutritious food in Indigenous communities, and over $4.6\u00a0billion to protect clean drinking water in First Nations communities across Canada. We are also moving forward on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission\u2019s Calls to Action, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls\u2019 Calls for Justice, and the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Today, as we celebrate the resilience of Indigenous Peoples across Canada, we continue to build a better future in partnership. A future where First Nations, Inuit, and M\u00e9tis children grow up connected to the cultures, languages, and traditions of their ancestors and with access to the full promise of Canada. A Canada where truth leads to reconciliation. Where all Canadians learn from our past to build a better country, together.<\/p>\n

A Canada that is not just strong, but good; not just prosperous, but fair; and not just for some, most of the time, but for all, all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

June 21, 2026 Ottawa, Ontario \u201cOn National Indigenous Peoples Day, we celebrate the rich histories, cultures, languages, and contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and M\u00e9tis \u2013 and the enduring role Indigenous Peoples have played in building Canada. Indigenous Peoples have been stewards of Canada\u2019s lands and waters since time immemorial, mapping this continent thousands of …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":84046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-federal"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-28 13:39:30","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\/84045","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84047,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84045\/revisions\/84047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}