ITK considers rejecting role on reconciliation oversight body – CBC
May 03, 2024
The Inuit organization calls the council ‘a melting pot of Indigenous voices’
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Natan Obed says he’s considering pulling out of the new National Council for Reconciliation, calling the oversight body a “melting pot of Indigenous voices” he doesn’t want his organization to be a part of.
The council is the federal government’s response to Call to Action 53 from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which urged Ottawa to create an independent national body to track the federal government’s efforts to rebuild the relationship with Indigenous peoples.
It will make annual reports to Parliament, which will also be taken to the Senate and the House of Commons. The prime minister will be required to provide a response to those reports. The council was established when Bill C-29 became law on Tuesday.
