The Government does not owe ANYBODY an apology. They are the masters of policy in Canada, not the military. That is as it should be. I would be appalled if my commanding officer came on to the parade square to apologize for something in the way of a policy, even if he was in the wrong. That is simply not something that is done.
Whether or not the Airborne should have been disbanded, no one is "owed" a darn thing by the Government.
When I was with the Canadian contingent to the Beating Retreat of the Scottish Division in the UK many years ago, the senior Canadian drum major wore an American sweater with his CF uniform. Barracks Dress was sweater and kilt. We didn't think much of it (or him) but no one cared enough to complain, and if we did, there was no one to complain to.
Just before we departed Scotland for England after the two weeks of rehearsals, and he had us lined up on the road, he explained why he was wearing the sweater (he had loaned his CF sweater to a piper who neglected to bring one from Canada). To me, personally, and many of us, he seemed weak after that - stooping to explain something he really didn't have to.
Former airborne soldiers need to get over it. Better yet, put yourselves in the Government's shoes - a few bad apples brough disgrace and discredit to everyone in uniform at that time. Disbanding the Regiment may not have made operational sense, but it did give the public some form of reassurance that the disgusting atrocities carried out in Somalia were being taken seriously.
Perhaps one of the armchair politicians would like to explain how best to restore public confidence, after the hazing videos and Somalia enquiry, without disbanding the regiment?