Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issues a formal apology to Canada's LGBTQ2 civil servants in the House of Commons on Nov. 28. (ParlVU/House of Commons)

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has formally apologized for the “tragic act of discrimination” that saw hundreds of civil servants the target of a decades-long “witch hunt” because of their sexual orientation.

Speaking in a hushed House of Commons Tuesday, Trudeau related the disturbing legacy of systemic discrimination and delivered a long-awaited apology to those who had suffered at the hands of a “prejudiced” system.

“We were wrong. We apologize,” Trudeau said, triggering a sustained round of applause.

“It is our collective shame that you were so mistreated,” the prime minister said, who appeared emotional in delivering his statement.

Between the 1950s and 1990s, the federal government acted in a “cruel and unjust manner” to probe the private lives of military personnel, foreign service workers and others in the public service, with an eye to root out all those weren’t heterosexual.

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