Canada Day 2023

Letter to the Editor

Our Pledge on Canada Day

More that ever, what we see on Canada Day is warmongering against Russia and how Indigenous land continues to be stolen and thus also Indigenous lives. On the occasion of the celebration of what is called Canada Day, we honour all of the lives lost as a result of government decisions – Indigenous lives, black lives, migrant lives, the lives of women, trans and 2-spirited people and all the working people who are not protected but considered dispensable and disposable. We will use our voices against discrimination, police and government brutality and all the injustices we face. We will honour our connections to each other and to Mother Earth and answer the call of history to renew the democracy with the aim of empowering the people and also making Canada a zone for peace. This is our pledge on Canada Day 2023.

Readers in Eastern Ontario