'The right thing to do': Canadian Indigenous leaders call Biden’s apology for residential schools 'first step'
The apology comes 16 years after former prime minister Stephen Harper apologized for Canada's residential school system
by Maura Forrest · National PostMONTREAL — Canadian Indigenous leaders say U.S. President Joe Biden’s apology for his country’s residential school system is only the first step toward healing generations of harm.
On Friday, Biden apologized for the U.S. boarding school system that for more than 150 years separated Indigenous children from their parents, calling it “one of the most consequential things” he’s done as president.