CANADA
The Telegram
Proceedings began Tuesday in a class-action lawsuit against the Government of Canada on behalf of survivors of residential schools in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Lawyers, class members and reporters poured into Courtroom No. 5 at Supreme Court in St. John’s in the morning. The court continues in session this afternoon.
Ches Crosbie, one of the leading plaintiff lawyers, said during a short break that he expects the trial to be delayed.
The class action was started after Prime Minister Stephen Harper officially apologized to residential school survivors in 2007, but left out survivors in this province. The same survivors were excluded from a massive settlement that was reached.
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