Good morning, everybody. It’s particularly rewarding for me to welcome all of you to my home, to Winnipeg and to Manitoba. When I reflect about what it means to be home, I think about what is probably the most liberal immigration policy in the history of the world, and that is the Indigenous immigration policy that let us all in. National Chief, thank you very much. I don’t know where we would be without you. You know that we always start out these conversations by acknowledging that we are, in my case, on Treaty 1 territory, in the homeland of the Métis Nation. Well, why do we do that?
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Thank you for the introduction, Bill [Bill Tam, President and CEO, BC Tech Association]. I’m happy to share the stage with Minister Ralston and Mayor Robertson, as well as representatives of organizations that will benefit from today’s announcement.
In today’s digital world, we can use those tools to unite Canadians in a democratic debate. But in the wrong hands, they can also be used to divide us – and harm our democracy. The Government of Canada takes this seriously and is determined to do all we can to prevent that from happening.
To get Canadians thinking about their identity, LAC has launched its largest exhibition in recent memory, and brought together some of its most fascinating and rarely-seen items.
The speech describes some of the new roles being taken on by archives in the digital age, and how archives are becoming more relevant than ever by collecting and maintaining the records of the Canadian identity.