The Assembly of First Nations says it has found a solution that would allow the Canadian flag to be raised before Remembrance Day while continuing to grieve Indigenous children who died at residential schools.
The assembly's executive passed a motion on Thursday calling for the flag to be raised on all federal buildings on Sunday, alongside an orange “every child matters” flag.
The assembly wants the orange flag to fly alongside the Canadian flag until all children are recovered, named and returned to their homelands - physically or symbolically - with proper ceremony. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked for the flag to be lowered in May after the discovery of what are believed to be hundreds of unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.
Marc Miller, minister for Crown-Indigenous relations, said Thursday there is “not a clear consensus” on what should happen and that some want the flag to remain lowered “until every site is searched.”
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