Newfoundland and Labrador residential school claimants want apology
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — An apology from the prime minister is more important to many former residential school students in Newfoundland and Labrador than compensation payments, says one claimant.
Danny Pottle said Saturday that such recognition of past wrongs from Justin Trudeau would clear the way for true healing and reconciliation.
“I think those experiences have to be validated by Prime Minister Trudeau on behalf of everybody in Canada,” he said in an interview.
“To me, that’s the most important thing, and that’s what other people have told me all along. If nothing else comes of it, then so be it. That apology is first and foremost.”