“If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, there’s no progress. If you pull it all the way out that’s not progress. Progress is healing the wound that the blow made. And they haven’t even pulled the knife out much less heal the wound.”

-Malcom X

An apology, is just words if there is no action to back them up. Though of course, I don’t know whether or not there has been action taken by the government in the pursuit of reconciliation. If there is, it’s unfortunately not mentioned in the article.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

In a ceremony six years in the making, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey apologized Friday in Cartwright, on Labrador’s southern coast, to residential school survivors and the NunatuKavut people on behalf of the provincial government.

The treatment of NunatuKavut Inuit in residential schools represents a “tragic and sad chapter” in the province’s history, said Furey.

“Today, with a heavy heart, I respectfully and humbly offer an apology to the students of NunatuKavut who attended residential schools in Newfoundland and Labrador,” Furey said at the ceremony, held at the Cartwright Recreation Centre.

"When we look back at what former students endured … we commend them for coming forward, for continuing to share their stories.

After sharing the apology, Furey said he hopes it can help people on their journey of healing — while acknowledging that his words could only do so much.

It is about recognizing so many of our people were removed from our families, from our communities, and yes, from our culture.… We are hopeful that today may be a turning point in the journey to reconciliation that we are walking on together."

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