The new Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, Marc Miller, on Saturday promised to speed things up to mend the relationship between Canada and Indigenous peoples, “shattered” by “the theft of land.”
The elected Montrealer – who has become Justin Trudeau’s man of confidence in the issue of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples – explained his statement, made during his appointment on October 26, that it is time for the government restores land to its ancestral occupants.
“We talk about historical grievances, we talk about the territory, we talk about the land. This is the key element of the relationship. It’s very simple: the return of land, of territory, it’s something very important, but it’s not something very easy, ”said Mr. Miller in an interview with the To have to.