 Quote, on behalf of the Government of Canada and all Canadians, we seek to begin to mend this injustice with three simple words. We are sorry, he said. We acknowledge, he continued, you've been treated as second-class First Nations, as strangers here in your homeland in Canada, a Canada you helped defend, build and developed. Unquote, the apology was met with cheers from the crowd of more than 650 people.