An Ontario town has rejected a motion to open all its council meetings with an acknowledgment that the proceedings are taking place on lands held by Canada's Indigenous people.
A councillor in the town of Richmond Hill, Ont., first tabled the idea at a meeting in February, only to encounter pushback from councillors and see the motion deferred to a later date.
"I'm remarkably disappointed," West said in a telephone interview. "Sometimes governments are not the organizations that lead. Sometimes we lead the parade from behind, and this might be one of those cases. The people are leading us." "We acknowledge this land and people because the first step to reconciliation is recognizing the existence of Indigenous people," the motion read. "A shared understanding of how our collective past brought us to where we are today will help us walk together into a better future."
West praised DiPaola's proposal, but objected to it standing as a substitute for a land acknowledgment. "We just thought we would help out the mayor and council to learn about our history," the group said, declining to offer further comment on the Richmond Hill vote.
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