The process consists in three components: acknowledgment of wrongdoing, admission of responsibility and the action of the wrongdoer to compensate damages produced.
"[citation needed] Stephen Joseph Harper[5] officially apologized to the 80,000 former students of residential schools that had been in Canada.
While first nation students in residential schools, they did not receive enough amount and quality of housing, food and clothing.Stephen Harper expressed official apology as follows:“The burden of this experience has been on your shoulders for far too long.
The Government of Canada sincerely apologizes and asks the forgiveness of the Aboriginal peoples of this country for failing them so profoundly.Nous le regrettonsWe are sorryNimitataynanNiminchinowesaminMamiattugut.
[6]Justin Pierre James Trudeau[9] formally apologized to first nation student of Newfoundland and Labrador residential schools on Nov.24, 2017.