GRATITUDE We continue to gather, work and train on Turtle Island Our LIUNA Locals continue committed to our reconciliation efforts across Western Canada, moving forward to ensure equity and inclusion. This is the second edition of A Path Forward magazine and we are proud of the continued work that our LIUNA Locals, leaders, signatory contractors and members have been doing to remove the barriers for Indigenous workers and minority groups. We continue to provide training and skills development across the provinces to equip workers with the tools they need to be successful and pursue careers in the Trades and service sectors. Since the publication of last years edition, the first Indigenous Premier of Canada was elected in Manitoba. We worked closely with the NDP to ensure that Wab Kinew was elected. We are excited about the direction Manitoba is heading. Wab Kinew’s government has already changed legislation to make the province a less hostile, more labour friendly environment that will benefit the workers of Manitoba. As we move towards the end of the year and closer to the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, we are reminded that reconciliation is a collective and continual effort and we hope that as you turn these pages you see that we have and continue on this path forward. Nav Malhotra Business Manager & Secretary-Treasurer LIUNA Local 1611 Bob Abbott B.C. & Yukon LIUNA Vice President & Northwest Regional Manager John Desrosiers Business Manager LIUNA Local 92 Larry Villeneuve Alberta, NWT& Nunavut National Director LIUNA Indigenous Affairs Shane Sali Business Manager & Secretary-Treasurer Mark Olsen LIUNA Local 180 LIUNA Western Canada Saskatchewan Sub-Regional Manager Victor DaSilva Business Manager & Secretary-Treasurer LIUNA Local 1258 Manitoba We would like to acknowledge that our LIUNA Western Canada sub-regional office where we gather and learn is on the traditional and unceded territory of the S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), Semiahmoo, Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group, Kwantlen , sc̓ əwaθenaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsawwassen), šxʷməθkʷəy̓ əmaɁɬ təməxʷ (Musqueam), Stz’uminus and Coast Salish Peoples. This place where we conduct our business from is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to be able to gather and thank them for their stewardship of this land.