From time to time, I want to use these updates not only to share news, but also to encourage thoughtful reflection on important issues affecting our province and country.
Reconciliation is one of those issues, and I believe we need to be willing to ask where the process is ultimately intended to lead.
Canada has spent billions on Indigenous specific programs, and now more land is being transferred.
But true reconciliation must eventually lead from grievance to restored relationship, not permanent indebtedness. That requires truth, humility, repentance, forgiveness, and a willingness to move forward on both sides.
As Christians, we should understand reconciliation better than anyone. Jesus taught us to seek peace, forgive, speak truth, pursue justice, and restore broken relationships. Biblical reconciliation is never merely an endless accounting of wrongs. Its purpose is restoration.
As Paul wrote, God has given us “the ministry of reconciliation” and calls us to be peacemakers, not merely record keepers of past offences.
Our government should be helping Canadians reach that destination, not perpetuating a process that causes division and has no with no clear end.
True reconciliation should have a purpose and a destination: truth faced honestly, wrongs addressed justly, forgiveness made possible, relationships restored, and Canadians able to move forward together.
Christian McCay
Party Leader, CHP BC
