OTTAWA —
Federal NDP Chief Jagmeet Singh led his caucus in marking the sacrifices of Indigenous veterans this morning, in addition to the discrimination they confronted after coming back from battle.
Singh and his members of Parliament have been on the Nationwide Aboriginal Veterans Monument in downtown Ottawa, the place they laid a wreath and roses throughout a brief however sombre ceremony.
It’s estimated that greater than 12,000 Indigenous individuals joined the Canadian army in the course of the First and Second World Wars and Korea.
Greater than 500 have been killed and numerous extra injured.
A lot of those that returned to Canada ended up falling by the cracks after they have been denied the identical advantages supplied to non-Indigenous veterans, whereas others came upon that they had misplaced their Indian standing by placing on a uniform.
Singh described the remedy of these Indigenous veterans as an injustice, at the same time as he paid homage to these presently serving in uniform.
There are greater than 2,500 Indigenous individuals presently serving within the Canadian Armed Forces, representing round 2.7 per cent of all army personnel.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Nov. 8, 2021.
