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When did the federal government formally apologize to the former Aboriginal students?

1999
2004
2008
2012

The correct answer is: 2008

In 1999, the federal government began the process of reconciliation by creating the Aboriginal Healing Foundation, but it was not a formal apology. In 2004, the government officially recognized and apologized for the harm caused by residential schools, but it was not a formal apology specifically to former Aboriginal students. In 2012, the Canadian government offered a formal apology in the form of a statement of reconciliation to former students of residential schools, which specifically recognizes the harm caused by the government's policies of assimilation and forced attendance at residential schools. Therefore, the correct answer is 2008.