There has been quite a bit of discussion lately about land acknowledgements and whether they should be continued. One such discussion took place in Whitewater Region at a regular council meeting on December 3, 2025. At this meeting, Donna Burns did a presentation to Council in which she respectfully asks that Council stop uttering the land acknowledgement on behalf of the Algonquin people. Burns further explained that the land in question is subject to a treaty. Burns' presentation is introduced by the mayor at 11:34. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOLQPYt_5JY&t=2440s
Geoffrey Horsman, biochemistry professor and father of three, is suing the Waterloo Region District School Board over the mandatory imposition of land acknowledgements at school council meetings.
