He apologized for the role of the government in the residential schools. In the apology, Harper recognized that the residential schools were wrong, harmful and damaging to the students. Liberal leader, Stéphane Dion, NDP leader, Jack Layton and Bloc Québecois leader, Gilles Duceppe also made statements apologizing for the residential schools. The aboriginal community accepted the apology through speeches from former students. The government will fund a Commemoration initiative with a total of $20 million over 5 years, they gave The Aboriginal Healing Foundation $125 million in compensation for the human rights violations that the aboriginal students suffered.…