Canada blasts St. Anne’s survivors’ ‘scandalous allegations’ in court fight over documents – CBC
Jan 24, 2025
No evidence gov’t knowingly withheld documents detailing abuse at Ontario residential school, lawyer says
The Department of Justice has asked an Ontario court to condemn allegations that Canada intentionally withheld evidence of serial child abuse at a residential school to deny survivors justice.
The federal government contends there’s no evidence Canada acted in bad faith when it failed to disclose thousands of records detailing physical and sexual abuse at St. Anne’s Indian Residential School in Fort Albany, Ont., for compensation hearings held between 2006 and 2014.
“Some sort of explicit condemnation from the court is necessary regarding these allegations,” Justice Canada lawyer Daniel Engel told Ontario Superior Court in Toronto on Thursday.
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