Indigenous rights activists have written on social media that these discoveries could potentially mark the beginning of a national reckoning in Canada about Canada's colonial history of Indigenous genocide.[76] Calls for Canada Day festivities to be cancelled or modified out of respect for truth and reconciliation intensified, including discussion on social media using the hashtag "#CancelCanadaDay". However, this has also been met with opposition.[77][3] If not already cancelled or modified due to COVID-19 restrictions, Canada Day festivities were cancelled in some communities in British Columbia, Alberta, Northern Saskatchewan and New Brunswick.[79]