The oath used to swear in councillors, mayors and other municipal office holders in Ontario should be amended to add an acknowledgment of the treaty rights of First Nations, Inuit and Metis people, several municipalities are urging.
Municipalities from Trent Lakes in central eastern Ontario, Wawa in the north and Guelph in the southwest have asked the province, or are planning to ask the province, to make the change and include language on Indigenous rights.
"I've always felt uncomfortable that it wasn't there," she said of the acknowledgment of treaty rights. "It would fill my heart with pride," Melanie Pilon said in an interview. "It's another step on the path to reconciliation." The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing was non-committal in a response to a request for comment.
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