11 jun 2008 año - PM Stephen Harper Apologizes for residential Schools

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Who - Premier at the time, Stephen Harper
What - apology to indigenous people of Canada for cruel and inhumane treatment of their children for many decades
Where - house of commons
When - June 11, 2008
Why - it was the least they could do to show that the Canadian gov't was truly sorry for the treatment of indigenous people, and the suffering they had been put through. it was a step towards reconciliation

Historical Significance
A much-needed apology. The horror that aboriginal children faced for decades was going to have to start with an apology, and this event is historically significant because it was the start of undoing what had been done.

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