29-11-2017 01:06 via vancouversun.com

Daphne Bramham: Learning from the past is as important as governments saying sorry

Over the years governments have made a number of apologies for past wrongs inflicted on minority communities. Tuesday’s apology by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the LGBTQ community is only the latest.
Previously, Ottawa has apologized and compensated First Nations children who were forced into residential schools, as well as Japanese-Canadians rounded up and sent either to internment camps or to Japan during the Second World War.
The B.C. government apologized and compensated former res
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