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Sep 30, 2021 | 12:54 PM
Quebec Premier François Legault says the province cannot afford to make the national day honouring victims and survivors of residential schools a statutory holiday.
Legault told reporters today the province needs more “productivity,” in response to questions about why Quebec has not officially recognized Sept. 30 as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Events are being held across the country — including in Quebec — for the first annual day in honour of lost children and survivors of the country’s residential schools, the last of which closed in the mid-1990s.
Provinces such as British Columbia, Manitoba and Nova Scotia have followed the federal government’s lead and made the day a statutory holiday, while others, including Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick, have not.
Reconciliation Day not holiday because Quebec needs more productivity: Legault - CKPGToday.ca
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