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11
Juni
2008

Canada apologizes to former residential school students

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📅 11 Juni 2008 📍 Canada

Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized in the House of Commons for the residential school system and the harms it inflicted on First Nations, Inuit and Métis children and families. The apology followed the settlement agreement and its compensation and truth commission provisions. Survivors and Indigenous nations have continued to call for implementation of the TRC’s recommendations and broader repair.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Stephen Harper

Residential school survivors

Organisaties in dit Evenement

House of Commons of Canada

Government of Canada