Downie offers support for special ‘Legacy Room’ project aimed at reconciliation
HALIFAX — Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie has formed a partnership with a prominent aboriginal leader to encourage corporate Canada to do more to promote dialogue and reconciliation with aboriginal people.
The Legacy Room initiative, announced Tuesday in Halifax, is the brainchild of Assembly of First Nations regional Chief Morley Googoo, who represents Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador.
The Mi’kmaq leader’s plan is to encourage companies, particularly those in the hospitality sector, to designate special rooms where aboriginal issues can be discussed and reconciliation can become a reality.
“In those rooms, those stories need to continue to be told,” Googoo told a news conference outside the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, where Downie was later scheduled to perform as part of his “Secret Path” solo project.