English test - Translation and Essay writing: How did the Canadian government respond to the report on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples?

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[...] Lastly, Canada apologizes specifically to the children who went through the Residential School system (federally organized assimilation policy), and in particular to those who "experienced the tragedy of sexual and physical abuse." The overarching aim of the statement is to provide the right framework to "build a strong country," which is an all-inclusive community, to do so reconciliation appears as a necessary step. The Canadian government has also implemented a policy of financial support for the Aboriginal people in order to ensure healing and enhance equality. In 1998 as well, the federal government launched the Gathering Strength policy, providing 350 million in support of a community-based healing strategy. [...]

[...] Study of the identity of the convicts: part of the British working class, petty thieves changes the perception of the past, makes it acceptable and honorable. Becomes part of the grand mythology of the creation of Australia. Since the 1960s: convict past is perfectly accepted and even a subject of pride for the Australians of convict descent. It's probably a lot less important than it was in before, in particular because it is now a distant past? However, this legacy still wields some symbolic power. [...]

[...] The discrepancy/gap in living standards between the rich and the poor country has grown relentlessly. Autrefois, cette question fut très controversée, elle a divisé l'opinion publique. In the past, this question was very controversial, it was a divisive issue. This question used to be very controversial . Essays How did the Canadian government respond to the report on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples? The Canadian government launched a two-pronged program in response to the findings by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. [...]

[...] What are the Australian values that can be tied back to this past? Why? Example: Certain core Australian values are deemed to derive from the original structure of the penal colony: solidarity, equality, mateship, value of hard work, importance of the family (the only way out of the penal system for women) . True or not this is a widespread interpretation. Try and give a subtly nuanced answer: To do so, you might want to use different chronological frameworks to break down the question. [...]

[...] A bit of advice: Usually you had the facts right: beginning, end of transportation, organization of the penal colony by the Governor Philip, etc. These facts are important, but you should use them to fuel your reflection on the question that is set. Example: Why is Governor Philip's choice to organize the distribution of labor according to the skills of people influential in the creation of the colony and its subsequent historical interpretation? This choice put forth certain values: skills and technical knowledge were more important than the crime committed back in the motherland (cliché of the "clean slate"; "the new start" available even to criminals). [...]