Canada says sorry to aboriginals
China Daily | Updated: 2008-06-13 07:43
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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other members of Parliament give Assembly of First Nations Chief Phil Fontaine a standing ovation as he rises to respond to the official apology to the aboriginal Indians in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Wednesday. AP |
Canada, addressing one of the darkest chapters in its history, formally apologized on Wednesday (local time) for forcing 150,000 aboriginal children into grim residential schools, where many say they were sexually and physically abused.
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