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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 · sitting No. 110
Commons hears apology for residential schools
The House devoted the majority of its time to statements by ministers on the federal government's apology for the residential school system. Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivered the apology and credited ministers for their work on the file.
Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion described the system as a dehumanizing policy of forced assimilation that caused widespread abuse. Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe noted the long wait by survivors for recognition of their suffering.
Decided that day
- S-239 introduced
- C-30 advanced to second chamber
- C-292 advanced to second chamber
- S-240 introduced
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Conservative MP Peter Van Loan sought unanimous consent for a motion to allow responses after ministerial statements and to resolve the House into committee of the whole.
Read the exchangeLiberal MP Ralph Goodale gave consent on behalf of the official opposition to the motion on procedure for the apology.
Read the exchangeBloc Québécois MP Pierre Paquette gave consent to the motion allowing the apology proceedings.
Read the exchangeNDP MP Libby Davies gave consent on behalf of her party to the motion on the apology format.
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Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine said the day testified to the achievement of the impossible for generations of survivors.
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Congress of Aboriginal Peoples National Chief Patrick Brazeau thanked the prime minister for taking a step none of his predecessors had taken.
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