The Manitoba government will not make Orange Shirt Day a statutory holiday this year.
Premier Heather Stefanson says consultations are ongoing and there is still not a consensus on how the day should be marked. Orange Shirt Day, also known as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, is marked on September 30.
The federal government has made the day a statutory holiday for its workers and federally regulated workplaces, and Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut have followed suit.
Orange Shirt Day was first established in 2013, as a part of an effort to promote awareness and education of the residential school system and the impact it has had on indigenous communities for over a century.
In Winnipeg, Mayor Scott Gillingham has said that he is open to making September 30 a holiday and after a survey, nearly 70 percent of Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce members favoured the idea.
