Toronto/CMEDIA: Joined reportedly by representatives from the Métis community, The City of Toronto raised the Métis flag today at Toronto City Hall honoring the contributions of Louis Riel and the Métis people in Canada’s development.
During this observation, Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow was joined by Sharon Cadeau, Vice-Chair of the Provisional Council, Métis Nation of Ontario and Suzanne Brunelle, Senator of the Toronto and York Region Métis Council.
Immediately following the flag raising, a Métis Kitchen Party in the rotunda of Toronto City Hall was held which included a pancake breakfast, with Metis craft-making was opened to the public and media.
Acknowledged every year in Ontario on November 16, the anniversary Louis Riel Day’s execution for leading the Northwest Resistance of 1885 in what is now Saskatchewan.
In 2022, the then Mayor of Toronto on behalf of the City of Toronto issued an apology for its role in contributing to the militarized action against Métis people.
