In response to a question about the Carney government’s relationship with the Indigenous community, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand scolded senators for not beginning the meeting with a land acknowledgement, despite there being no requirement for them to do so.

Anand was attending the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade on Thursday where the exchange ensued.

“I note and wonder why we didn’t begin this session with a land acknowledgement, which is very important wherever we are, whenever we are speaking and gathering together on the traditional unceded territory of indigenous peoples,” she said. “This is part of reconciliation.”

Chair of the committee Sen. Peter Boehm told National Post in an emailed statement that “there is no Senate rule or custom

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