CANADA
The First Perspective
The federal government is hiring private investigators to track down people who are accused of abusing students in Indian residential schools.
The investigators will be deployed across Canada to find those who have been accused by former residential school students of abusing them, according to officials.
Those identified as alleged abusers and who are then found will be invited to participate in court hearings where they can defend themselves and promote reconciliation.
The search for alleged abusers is part of the federal government’s Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, which has an Independent Assessment Process (IAP) that provides compensation to former students who claim serious sexual, physical or any form of abuse that caused psychological damage.
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