Senator defends residential school system
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Conservative Senator Lynn Beyak said that the good deeds accomplished by the residential school system have been overshadowed2:29
She was reinstated by the Senate s ethics committee after
an apology in February last year. She apologized unreservedly for the letters, saying she initially kept them online out of belief in free speech. She said the letters were ill-considered, but her intent was never to hurt anyone. She added that she regretted the harm caused by describing the residential school system in positive terms.
But in a statement announcing her immediate resignation on Monday, Beyak said that some have criticized me for stating that the good, as well as the bad, of residential schools should be recognized. I stand by that statement.
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