Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized in the House of Commons to former residential school students. The statement acknowledged policies of separation and assimilation and the damage to Indigenous cultures and families. Survivors' demands made the institution's history a national responsibility, while acknowledgment did not complete restitution or eliminate its continuing effects.
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Canada's 2008 residential-school apology defended assimilation as harmless to Indigenous families.
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The statement acknowledged damage caused by separation and assimilation policies.