The Chief Justice called residential schools "cultural genocide". A Senator says they weren't all bad. Obviously the truth lies somewhere between the two, but what  both of them did was voice an opinion in a context that made both remarks seem reasonable. The media and pro/con elements ignore the context and shout outrage. Does this mean an issue like residential schools can't be discussed without people getting hysterical. No wonder historians like Black and Craig Brown have no reference to the issue in the index for their histories of Canada. That being so, how are we ever to get a balanced view?