Manitoba will not make Orange Shirt Day a holiday, citing ongoing consultations
Manitoba will not make Orange Shirt Day a holiday, citing ongoing consultations

By Steve Lambert THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG- The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, commonly called Orange Shirt Day, will not be a statutory holiday in Manitoba again this year, Premier Heather Stefanson said Tuesday.   The premier cited the need for ongoing consultations, more than a year after the Progressive Conservative government began to study the idea.   “There isn’t necessarily agreement on what that day should look like  and we want Indigenous people having the say in what that will look like moving forward as well.”   Stefanson also cited the vulnerability of businesses still recovering from the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.   “We’ve heard loud and clear they’ve been struggling. And we want to make sure that if they choose to close, they close on

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