Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth II. File photoWASHINGTON, May 17.Indigenous peoples of Canada are calling on Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain to apologize for the operation of boarding schools for indigenous children in Canada and pay compensation to surviving students, CBC reports. This statement was made by former students of boarding schools who survived years of abuse, in particular, the head Métis National Council Cassidy Caron. According to her, the Queen, as the head of Canada and the leader of the Anglican Church, should apologize for the activities of the boarding schools and the scandalous incidents related to them. Caron said she intends to convey the appropriate message to the Queen's son, Prince Charles, who will arrive in Canada this week. «We we need to meet the basic human needs in our communities, this is a consequence of colonization. It is associated with assimilation, and some financial compensation is very useful, as it helps us move forward,» Caron quoted the channel as saying. Pope Francis in April asked for forgiveness from God and the indigenous peoples of Canada in connection with the scandalous facts about the activities in this country of boarding schools for indigenous children that were controlled by the Catholic Church. In May 2021, in the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the territory of a former boarding school, the remains of 215 children under the age of three. This school for Indian children operated from 1890-1969 under the control of the Catholic Church. Later, it came under the control of the federal government and lasted until 1978. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the practice of such institutions, calling it a «tragedy.» According to him, children were taken away from families, and «returned broken or not returned at all, without explanation.» More than 150,000 teenagers have gone through similar schools in Canada. As a result of abuse and lack of care, at least 3.2 thousand pupils died in these boarding schools. seconds
