Jody Wilson-Raybould offers reconciliation thoughts at Oakville conference

Jody Wilson Raybould speaks to Oakville crowd. (Photo by Sam Laskaris)

By Sam Laskaris Writer Former politician Jody Wilson-Raybould continues to be a huge Indigenous advocate. Wilson-Raybould, who served as Canada’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General from 2015-19, was one of the key speakers at an Oakville event this week. She spoke on Tuesday night at the Grandmother’s Voice conference being held in Oakville. The two-day event, which was continuing on Wednesday, was called Truth With Reconciliation: Respect, Restore, Relearn. Wilson-Raybould’s talk was titled Reconciling History: A Story of Canada. Grandmother’s Voice is an Indigenous organization that aims to unite Indigenous voices while extending a warm invitation to all individuals. Wilson-Raybould, a member of We Wai Kai Nation in British Columbia, spent the early portions of her Tuesday talk discussing her family, including her grandmother, and her upbringing which led…

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