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Originally posted by Lady Pi Phi
Is the government actually offering an apology or are they just going to give them money (sorry I couldn't read the article. The link won't open properly)?
The government is notorious for saying "here's some money for your troubles" but they won't actually admit that they did anything wrong.
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Actually there has been numerous apolgies in the past - from the Anglican Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Canadian Government, and even the British Crown - some as long as 20 years ago (at the last First Ministers summit on Aboriginal Affairs).
Basically I think the government is doing this now in an effort to lay the issue to rest, and in an efforet to head of further legal cases stemming from the abuse - after all I think the Anglican Church in BC declared bankrupcy years back after a number of successful lawsuits.
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