OTTAWA — New Canadians will soon swear to honour the rights of Indigenous Peoples if a proposed legislative change is adopted. It is also a response to one of the 94 calls for action issued by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which spent six years probing Canada’s residential-school legacy. “New Canadians, when they take that oath, it means so much to them,” Hussen told reporters Tuesday. “The changing of the oath to reflect Call to Action No. The commission delivered its calls to action in December 2015, which included a recommendation to update the language of the oath of citizenship to include a recognition of Indigenous treaty rights.

Source: National Post May 28, 2019 15:20 UTC