Timeline of Canada’s call to abandon 2015 appeal over residential schools fundraiser
The historic Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement is approved by parties. The agreement involved the Canadian government, lawyers representing residential school survivors, churches that operated them and national Indigenous organizations.Implementation of the agreement begins. It includes direct payments to survivors and fulfilment of financial obligations to which parties, including Catholic entities, agreed.
“The appeal allowed time for Canada to attempt to negotiate the scope of the release in the hopes of protecting the $1.2 million settlement,” reads a government briefing note from November 2021.Government signs off on a recommendation for the Department of Justice to seek a court order and release agreement in exchange for $1.2 million. The 2015 document is signed by a minister, whose signature is illegible.
Officials say while the court ruling allows Catholic entities to walk away from the $25 million fundraising campaign — after only raising less than $4 million — “the likelihood of compelling the Catholic entities to meet their remaining fundraising obligations is very low.”Harper is defeated by Justin Trudeau, whose Liberal party wins a majority government in the federal election.
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