First Nations chief says less awareness in Quebec about national day for survivors

MONTREAL — The chief of the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador is lamenting Quebec’s decision not to officially recognize the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Ghislain Picard and assembly vice-chief Nadia Robertson told reporters today many people in the province seem unaware that Thursday is the new national holiday.

The federal government has said Sept. 30 would be a statutory holiday in honour of the lost children and survivors of residential schools.

But Quebec Premier François Legault in June decided against making the day a provincial statutory holiday.