The Supreme Court of Canada has decided not to hear case of residential school survivors who have fought a years\u002Dlong battle against Ottawa.
The group of survivors from St. Anne’s residential school in northern Ontario had looked to the country’s highest court after spending the last decade fighting the federal government to hand over documents.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Documentary evidence was supposed to help determine the payments made to those who suffered physical and sexual abuse while being forced to attend the church-run, government-funded institutions.Article contenttap here to see other videos from our teamSt. Anne’s operated in Fort Albany, Ont., until 1976 and is remembered for horrific stories of abuse.
In 2014, about 60 claimants successfully challenged the federal government for not disclosing the transcripts of criminal trials, investigative reports from the Ontario Provincial Police and civil proceedings about child abuse as part of the compensation process.Article content “Claimants may have been denied compensation or undercompensated for their individual child abuse claim due to non-disclosure of evidence by Canada.”
But “fundamental questions remain unanswered,” the survivors’ group said in its brief, in which it urged guidance from the Supreme Court.“It makes it clear more than ever that the government has a role to play in providing justice for these survivors,” he said outside the House of Commons Thursday.
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