The Sami Parliament in Finland is currently reviewing the functioning of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission after two commissioners appointed by the body resigned this spring. The Finnish government agreed to the formation of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2019 and after several delays during the pandemic, the process officially began at the end of October 2021. The set up was partly modeled on the Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The two commissioners appointed by the Sami Parliament, Miina Seurujarvi and Heikki J. Hyvarinen, resigned this spring. This entity has not worked, and it will not work.”Seurujarvi told YLE News the commission’s work should be suspended until the entire process could be redesigned.

Source: CBC News June 13, 2022 19:43 UTC