A Remembrance Day ceremony in Toronto at the Old City Hall is drawing backlash after two cadets delivered a land acknowledgment and brought up the topic of slavery at the start of proceedings.
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In a video shared on X by Toronto Sun columnist Joe Warmington, the first cadet can be heard saying, “We acknowledge the land we are meeting on as the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and that it is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. The City also acknowledges that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit. We also acknowledge the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands.”
A second cadet stepped up to the podium and added: “We acknowledge all treaty peoples, including those who came here as settlers or migrants, either this generation or generations past, and those who came here involuntarily, particularly those brought to these lands as a result of the transatlantic slave trade and slavery.”
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[Editor’s Note: Here is video of the ceremony.]
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