Thank you to Pictou Landing First Nation for hosting a beautiful ceremony in advance of the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.

It's been just weeks since the bodies of 215 Indigenous children were found on the grounds of a former Residential School in Kamloops.

Today, we have learned that hundreds more have been discovered on the site of the former Marieval Residential School in Saskatchewan by the Cowessess First Nation.

Everyone deserves a safe and affordable place to call home. The reality is that for far too many people, housing remains out of reach.

This problem is exacerbated for many Indigenous communities because the rules that govern land use on reserves preclude Indigenous peoples from getting a mortgage or owning property in the communities where they were born and raised. This is just one example of systemic racism in Canada and it must be addressed.