Edits contained in the 17 pages of drafts show the words \u0027at the hands of the federal government\u0027 were struck out. The reason for the revision was redacted
One section of the draft remarks addresses the suffering children endured in residential schools, originally saying “they experienced unthinkable trauma, including physical, mental and sexual abuse at the hands of the federal government by simply attending school.”Article content
“The government, they talk a great deal about reconciliation,” said Eleanore Sunchild, a Saskatchewan lawyer and advocate from Thunderchild First Nation, who has represented many residential school survivors in physical and sexual abuse cases.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Mark Arcand said he found it “disturbing ⦠that Canada keeps trying to minimize its role in residential schools.
In his speech, Harper apologized for the government “failing to protect” children at the institutions, which he said “far too often ⦠gave rise to abuse or neglect.”Article content Last month, Pope Francis came to Canada to apologize for residential schools on behalf of the Catholic Church, which operated more than 60 per cent of the institutions.
Regardless, he said Canada has paid out most of the billions of dollars distributed to abuse complainants under the settlement.
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