Michael Cachagee, president of the National Residential School Survivors’ Society, said it was a sincere apology.
Cachagee was four years old when he was taken from his parents. He spent 12-and-a-half years at three different schools in Canada beginning in 1944 and was sexually and physically abused.
“I feel really good. I was a bit troubled and concerned, but what really made my day was looking up from the floor and seeing all those brown faces up there,” said Cachagee, who had a seat at the ceremony. “It was a good day for Canada.”
In addition to the apology, a truth and reconciliation commission will take testimony from survivors.
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