Kokua ʻo Mayors a me Desjardins, ka ʻōlelo a nā luna hoʻomalu o ka Papa Makai e pili ana i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana ma luna o Manak ma Chantal Moore Memorial.
Ma mua o kēia lā, ua kono ʻia ke Aliʻi Manak e ka ʻohana o Chantal Moore e komo i kahi hoʻomanaʻo nona. Ua uhi ʻia ʻo ia e like me ka loina ʻōiwi a kono ʻia e haʻiʻōlelo. Ma hope o kāna mau ʻōlelo, ʻoiai ʻo ia e nānā ana i ke koena o ka hana, hele maila kekahi a ninini i ka wai ma kona kua.
Ma ke ʻano he mau luna hoʻomalu o ka Papa Makai Victoria-Esquimalt, ua huhū a kaumaha mākou i kēia hana. ʻAʻole ʻae ʻia. Hoʻomaopopo mākou aia kahi moʻolelo lōʻihi o ka hilinaʻi ma waena o nā mākaʻi ma Kanada a me nā kaiāulu ʻōiwi. Ua ʻike mākou he nui ka ho'ōla e hana ai. ʻO ia ke kumu i kono ʻia ai ke Aliʻi e ka ʻohana o Moore e komo i ka hoʻomanaʻo; ua hana pili loa oia me lakou mai kona make ana mai a ua hoohewa koke lakou i keia hana ino i ke Alii Manak.
No nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hana like ʻo VicPD me nā kaiāulu ʻōiwi e kūkulu hou i ka hilinaʻi a me ka ʻike. Ua hana ʻia kēia ma o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kūʻē ʻana i ka stigma mai nā ʻōpio ʻōiwi, ke komo ʻana i nā hanana a me nā hanana me ka Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness a me nā manawa aʻo ʻē aʻe.
Kāhea mākou i nā mea a pau o ke kaiāulu e kū i lalo mai nā hoʻouka ʻana a e hōʻike i nā ʻokoʻa o ka manaʻo me ka mahalo a ma ke ʻano e kōkua ai i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka ʻike a hiki i ka hoʻōla ʻana i makemake nui ʻia.
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