"We reflect on the devastating legacy of the residential school system," Carney said in his speech at the Remembering the Children event. The event in Ottawa included prayers, musical performances and speeches from residential and day school survivors. Reepa Evic-Carleton, an Inuk elder and day school survivor, said the legacy of residential schools and colonization continues "to affect our lives today." Among them was Carole Walsh, who said her mother was taken to a residential school near Sudbury, Ont. Every one of our families have been through it, whether it’s through residential school or through day school.