Restitution and Apologies Are Not Enough

No, I'm not referring to the descendants of people who were slaves 200 years ago.  This is much worse because many of the sufferers of Residential/Training/Reform schools are still alive and able to tell their tales of beatings, torture, rape, and even murder in the case of the deceased children.

My Canadian government (among many countries) took the liberty of taking underage children away from their parents for various reasons and storing them in such a facility.  My Canadian government closed their eyes to the fact that these children were handed over to human monsters who relished the opportunity to use helpless young children any way they chose.  My Canadian government, though not the same governments truly responsible, still choose to ignore the horrors these defenseless children suffered under the auspice of a Canadian government ruling.  The victims who are still alive deserve an apology from whoever is representing the government today and they deserve restitution.

Not all the employees at these child prisons were monsters but almost all turned a blind eye to the abuse.  Anyone who did speak up were ignored by the governing body who did nothing to rescue the children.  These atrocities continued to occur right into the 1980's in Ontario.  Many of those children have gone on to live tortured lives but some have found the strength to inform the public about what happened to them.  We need to know this.  We also need to know the names of the perpetrators.  We desperately need to bring all of this to light so that it might not ever happen again.

I don't believe the descendants of people who suffered slavery 200 years ago should be compensated financially...some won't agree with this but it's how I honestly feel.  I do believe that the people who, as children, were tossed to the wolves in Residential, Training, Reform schools here definitely deserve restitution from the ruling government in Canada.

And, no, I don't believe any amount of restitution can ever make up for what those helpless children suffered in "prisons" operated and sanctioned by our government.  If there is really a hell, I hope the human monsters are already there or on their way!