Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has apologized to the chief of a First Nation in Kamloops, B.C. for not taking part in that community’s National Day of Truth and Reconciliation ceremony despite being in Tofino last Thursday.The prime minister telephoned Tk’emlúps Nation Chief Roseanne Casimir and offered her an apology yesterday, Trudeau’s office said Sunday.
He also discussed the path forward and told the chief that he hopes to visit her community soon. Trudeau spends 1st Truth and Reconciliation Day in Tofino on vacation, contradicting itinerary The First Nation community had twice invited Trudeau to mark Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with them but the prime minister flew to Tofino, B.C., on Sept.