http://thisyear.ca/2008/02/12/australia-says-sorry/ a hodge podge blog of music, travel and news. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:42:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://thisyear.ca/2008/02/12/australia-says-sorry/comment-page-1/#comment-18041 Canada says ’sorry’ | this year. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:40:33 +0000 http://thisyear.ca/2008/02/12/australia-says-sorry/#comment-18041 [...] Today Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized to the aboriginal people of Canada for an assimilation policy that removed children from their families and placed them in church run schools. Aside from the obvious trauma that was caused by incidents of abuse and sexual assault the policy worked to eliminate aboriginal cultures and languages. Todays landmark speech comes hot on the heals of the Australian apology by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd back in February. [...] [...] Today Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized to the aboriginal people of Canada for an assimilation policy that removed children from their families and placed them in church run schools. Aside from the obvious trauma that was caused by incidents of abuse and sexual assault the policy worked to eliminate aboriginal cultures and languages. Todays landmark speech comes hot on the heals of the Australian apology by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd back in February. [...]

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