While there are some who can extol the "good deeds" of Canada's residential school system, a non-Indigenous senator from Ontario simply isn't one of them. The recent attempts by Conservative Senator Lynn Beyak to paint the residential school system as "well-intentioned" have so far garnered only widespread condemnation and calls for her to resign. "Mistakes were made at residential schools — in many instances, horrible mistakes that overshadowed some good things that also happened at those schools," Beyak said. In 2015, acclaimed Cree author and playwright Tomson Highway also spoke of "the joy" during his time attending the Guy Hill Indian Residential School in The Pas, Man. Acclaimed Cree author, playwright Tomson Highway said he remembers 'the joy' of being in residential school for 12 years.

Source: CBC News March 11, 2017 12:00 UTC