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Huronia Regional Centre: Marilyn Dolmage

Marilyn Dolmage: It really matters to us that it be the premier on behalf of the whole government, said Marilyn Dolmage, questioning why an apology must wait after the province settled a class-action suit for $35 million last month, according to The Star. Wynne said in the legislatures daily question period that an apology would be premature at this point because a judge has not yet approved the settlement and the nature of a statement from the province and Former residents of the Huronia Regional Centre and their families were disappointed Monday after Premier Kathleen Wynne wouldnt promise to apologize for physical, sexual and emotional abuse that thousands suffered there over the decades. All three parties were in power during the time these bad things happened . . . we d like the current government to face up to it, added Dolmage, whose brother Robert died at the Orillia institution for the developmentally delayed in 1961. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.