Government

"I do not think the purpose of a government is to right the past [making apologies]. It cannot rewrite history. It is our purpose to be just in our time."
                               Pierre Elliot Trudeau, comment made to Brian Mulroney, 1984

[In 1990 the Conservative government decided to stop funding Indigenous newspapers.]

Canadian Federal Government Apology to First Nations - YouTube  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCpn1erz1y8

"We have no history of colonialism."
                                Stephen Harper

“No relationship is more important to Canada than the relationship with Indigenous Peoples. Our Government is working together with Indigenous Peoples to build a nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, government-to-government relationship – one based on respect, partnership, and recognition of rights."
                                       Justin Trudeau, statement on Aboriginal Day, June 21, 2017

"Real reconciliation must start with addressing the outstanding century-old injustice of Indian reserve land thefts."
                                                                    Chief Clarence Louie, Rez Rules