Residential Schools

I see that Stephen Harper is doing the right thing, its about time Everyone knows how wrong it was and the Prime Minister is making an apology on behalf of the people of Canada. It is not any different from the unjustices done to the Japanese as a result of internment or the Chinese because of the head tax or the sterilization of individuals deemed to be slow by the Province of Alberta.

What repulses me is that a series of Governments did not have the fortitude to acknowledge that all these practices were wrong and do it in a timely fashion. Liberal and Conservative alike ignore taking steps to do the right thing until eventually it happens and then everyone jumps on the bandwagon. I don't give much serious credibility to those who attach them selves to what is now tainted with political correctness. The problem as we look back in history is that it is difficult to view these and many others issues in the context of the time and prevailing attitudes that existed. Governments and courts will continue to make grievous errors today that when examined in 40 years I am sure will be judged to be insensitive and harmful but will be supported today. A good example is the Provincial Nominee programs, it is nothing more than the 2000 version of the old head tax except now its not $500.00 but about $140,000.00.

The unaccountable will of Governments will continue to treat its citizens as only a cut above criminals if they feel anyone is infringing upon their agendas and will continue to do so. If anyone thinks that these apologies are driven by any thing more substantive than a tinge of guilt sprinkled on a plate full of political agenda you are much less skeptical than I am. But anyway, good for Stephen Harper he's more of a man than the busloads of pretenders that came before him.