Ontario's only First Nation representative at Queen's Park plans to soon table proposed legislation, in his own Indigenous language, to have the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation declared a paid provincial holiday.

QUEEN'S PARK — The MPP for the Northwestern Ontario riding of Kiiwetinoong wants Ontario to declare the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation a paid provincial holiday. September 30 is currently a statutory holiday for federally-regulated workers.

TORONTO — Ontario’s only First Nation representative at Queen’s Park plans to soon table proposed legislation, in his own Indigenous language, to have the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation declared a paid provincial holiday. The day is a federal statutory holiday, but not a provincial one in Ontario.

NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa addresses a press conference in Toronto on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Ontario's only First Nation representative at Queen's Park plans to soon table proposed legislation, in his own Indigenous language,

A monument to honour residential school survivors was unveiled in Toronto's Nathan Phillips Square on Monday, one of dozens of events in Ontario marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

The minister said some First Nations leaders have said a statutory holiday is currently not the appropriate approach.

New Democrat deputy leader Sol Mamakwa wants Ontario to follow the federal government’s lead and said he hopes Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives will support the idea

Ontario's only First Nation MPP plans to soon table proposed legislation to have the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation declared a paid provincial holiday.