Feds Ordered by Court to Release Residential School Documents

Toronto Sun
January 31, 2013

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/01/30/feds-ordered-by-court-to-release-residential-school-documents

A judge has ordered the feds to release documents to a commission probing the dark legacy of Canada's residential schools.

In December, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the government would "let the courts decide" if documents related to the system could be released to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).

"The commission is now seeking some documents, which the government believes are outside of its mandate ... for example, personal records of survivors given in confidence to the government," Harper said in the Commons prior to the holiday break.

In previous documents filed to the Ontario Superior Court, the TRC suggested Ottawa was hampering the retrieval of documents related to its mandate.