Posted: Jun 03, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: June 3
Former provincial court judge and former lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick Graydon Nicholas will be reading the first land acknowledgment in Saint John council history.(Logan Perley/CBC)
Saint John city council has made the decision to begin each council meeting with a land acknowledgement alongside community members singing the national anthem.
Mayor-elect Donna Reardon said Wednesday the first reading of a land acknowledgement in city council history will take place on June 14, when the new council holds its first meeting of the new term.
"This is shaping our identity of who we are, and it includes your past and where you've come from and where you want to go," she said. "You do better recognizing your past. You don't want to go back there."