Complex sentence: In 2005 the Canadian Government formally acknowledged and apologized for the abuses of the residential schools; in 2007 it authorized payment of a $1.9-billion compensation package to surviving children who had been forced to attend the schools.
Split into simpler sentences: In 2005 the Canadian Government formally acknowledged and apologized for the abuses of the residential schools. In 2007 it authorized payment of a $1.9-billion compensation package to surviving children who had been forced to attend the schools.