After the federal government took days to announce that flags on federal buildings would be flown at half-mast, there are growing calls for a national day of mourning to honour the 215 children whose remains were found buried at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.
Mayors across Canada have also lowered flags at municipal facilities, as have provincial and territorial legislatures.
"It is an important action to take, and we must act immediately so that this day becomes part of our reality this year," said Canadian heritage minister and bill sponsor Steven Guilbeault in the House of Commons on Friday. Many feature scores of children's shoes, left to symbolize the hundreds of children found buried in Kamloops.
At one point, the school was the largest out of more than 130 schools in Canada's residential school system. The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is calling for more forensic searches at other former residential school sites.
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