OTTAWA, ON, Aug. 1, 2021 – The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Emancipation Day: “On this day in 1834, the British Parliament’s Slavery Abolition Act, 1833, came into effect and laid the pathway to freeing enslaved people of African descent across most of the British Empire. Since then, many people … Continue reading Statement by the Prime Minister on Emancipation Day – August 1, 2021