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Ottawa apologizes, announces $45M compensation for Nunavik Inuit dog slaughter | Globalnews.ca

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A federal apology has been a top priority for Inuit leaders in Nunavik .

The apology comes more than 14 years after a report found Quebec provincial police officers killed more than 1,000 dogs in the 1950s and 1960s .

Canada 's liability for the deaths of the dogs arose, in part, because of the establishment of mandatory schooling and residential schools, the report said.

More than 200 dogs were killed in Kangiqsujuaq over a three-day period between 1965 and 1967 .

Inuit there also reported some of their dogs died after being inoculated.

In 2011 , Quebec Premier Jean Charest formally apologized to Inuit in Nunavik for the province’s role in the killings.

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