Summary
"Mr. Speaker, the time has come. This house supported unanimously the residential school agreement. A centrepiece to this agreement was to secure an apology to the survivors of the residential school for the atrocities that they suffered," he said. "On behalf of my mother, my aunts, my uncles, and my community, when will the prime minister offer a simple, human apology to the survivors of the residential school?"
"Mr. Speaker, the honourable member knows full well that this agreement was concluded under this government, and it was one that I have worked on very diligently. He is well aware also that the agreement as structured did not call for an apology," [Jim Prentice] said. The next day, during a telephone interview, Merasty admitted that Prentice did not explicitly say "no" to the idea of an apology. But the Liberal MP believes that's what is going on."Clearly he said he's not going to apologize and yet we've had these kids yanked, stolen under fear that their parents would be jailed if they resisted, and taken great distances away where they experienced horrors and atrocities. So why won't he apologize?" Merasty asked. "Does he think the treatment of these children as fair and generous?"See the full content of this document
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Merasty Demands Apology for Residential Schools
A brief exchange in the House of Commons in early November suggests that negotiations aimed at securing an apology from the government of Canada for the damages done by the residential school system have come up dry.
During question period on Nov. 7, Saskatchewan member of Parlia...See the full content of this document
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