Parks Canada released a 2024 internal report acknowledging that the national parks system was built through colonial injustices that forcibly displaced Indigenous peoples and barred them from traditional lands. The report, released publicly in late June 2026, is framed by Posobiec's headline as a formal government 'apology,' but it's actually an internal acknowledgment intended to provide context for current Indigenous co-management and reconciliation efforts. The core facts are solid, but the 'apology' framing dramatizes what was a policy document.