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Senators say feds should apologize for role in seizing babies of unmarried women post-war

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Valerie Andrews, executive director of Origins Canada, left, appeared with Liberal Senator Art Eggleton and Independent Senator Chantal Petitclerc on July 19 to present the Senate Social Affairs Committee's call for the federal government apologize for being involved in the forced adoption of babies of unmarried mothers in post-World War Two Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SHRUTI SHEKAR

July 23, 2018

The Senate Social Affairs, Science, and Technology Committee recommended on July 19 that the federal government apologize for being involved in the forced adoption of babies of unmarried mothers in post-Second World War Canada. The committee released a report calling for a “formal apology,” and...

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