Residential School Victims Want Voices Heard

Advocates for victims of residential school abuse say their voices are not being heard in a court case that’s to decide
what to do with documents from an investigation of the alleged abuse.
The federal government has asked the courts for help in deciding what to do with the documents, which stem from a police investigation into abuse at a residential school in northern Ontario.
The government wants a legal opinion on whether the documents can be released to Ontario Superior Court, which is overseeing implementation of a settlement of a class-action lawsuit against Ottawa.
New Democrat MP Charlie Angus says advocates for the victims need to be represented in Ontario court, and the federal government should pay for them to be there.
Hundreds of aboriginal children from remote James Bay communities were sent to St. Anne’s residential school in Fort Albany from 1904 to 1976.
It was one of 140 church-run residential schools set up in Canada to “civilize” First Nations.