How is it helping their children to continue living today something that came to light 30 years ago?

From my reading of the comments, many are critical of this tendency to dwell in the past, rather than of the people themselves.

No matter what other Canadian do, no matter how much money is handed over, their past will always be  their past.

The challenge for their community is  to remember those who were lost or hurt,  grieve them publicly or silently, while at the same time moving forward by encouraging their children to succeed in the world as it is, not a world that no longer exists.