TRC event taking place in Vancouver
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is holding another national event, this time in Vancouver.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is holding another national event, this time in Vancouver.
The commission created to delve into the dark history of residential schools has been in possession of documents related to nutritional experiments conducted on First Nations people for at least three years, according to Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt’s office.
It was late fall in 2005 when Alma Jane Bruyere appeared at the door of her grandson’s house in Fort Frances, Ont., carrying in her left hand a lawyer’s letter stating she had qualified for compensation for the abuse she faced while attending an Indian residential school.
Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt says he’s not aware of an internal analysis drafted by his department outlining Ottawa’s position to officially deny Indian residential school documents were ever intentionally destroyed.
Despite holding evidence to the contrary within its archival vaults, the federal government refuses to admit it purposely destroyed Indian residential school documents fearing it could face additional legal action, internal government records show.
Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner Murray Sinclair says he will again take the battle over historical Indian residential school documents to the courts if Ottawa continues to resist its “obligation” to turn over the full archive.
The “permanent legacy” of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is at risk and a complete record of the Indian residential school system may never materialize if the current disorder surrounding the handling and transferring of historical documents continues, according to the Auditor General of Canada.
Emotions ran high at the third day of the Truth and Reconciliation hearings in Montreal Friday.
A Truth and Reconciliation Commission commissioner says the federal government’s legislation is counterproductive.