The Department of Justice is being urged by survivors of St. Anne's Indian Residential School to condemn Canada for allegedly withholding evidence of abuse to deny survivors justice. The survivors argue that the government intentionally withheld thousands of documents detailing the abuse, violating their constitutional rights and the Crown's duty to Indigenous people. The government denies acting in bad faith and argues the survivors missed the deadline to file their request.
The Department of Justice has asked an Ontario court to condemn allegations that Canada intentionally withheld evidence of serial child abuse at St. Anne’s Indian Residential School in Fort Albany to deny survivors justice.St. Anne's Indian Residential School operated from 1906 to 1976, first by the Catholic church and then the federal government.
Led by Edmund Metatawabin, former chief of Fort Albany First Nation, home to St. Anne's from 1906 to 1976, the survivors returned to court this week before Justice Benjamin Glustein. Brunning alleged Wednesday the government intentionally held on to the vast trove of material, violating claimants' constitutional rights and the Crown's duty to avoid sharp dealings with Indigenous people."There's been sharp dealings by the Crown for 11 years, and it has been gruelling for St. Anne's survivors — gruelling."
Also on Thursday, the Assembly of First Nations, representing chiefs across the country, urged the court not to dismiss the case on a technicality, warning of "a gross miscarriage of justice" that still needs to be rectified.
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