Prime Minister Trudeau and Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett joined Indigenous leaders at dawn Tuesday for a ceremony kicking off National Aboriginal Day. Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould stood alongside the prime minister for a smudging ceremony (seen in video) performed by Gina Wilson, the most senior Indigenous person in Canada’s public service. Wilson, who is Algonquin, is an associate deputy minister at Public Safety Canada. After greeting the Indigenous leaders and elders present, Trudeau joined 12 Métis, Inuit and First Nations youth for an early morning paddle in a voyageur canoe provided by the Métis Nation of Ontario.
