CANADA
CBC News
Advocates for victims of residential school abuse say their voices are not being heard in a court case that’s to decide what to do with documents from an investigation of the alleged abuse.
The federal government has asked the courts for help in deciding what to do with the documents, which stem from a police investigation into abuse at a residential school in northern Ontario.
The government wants a legal opinion on whether the documents can be released to Ontario Superior Court, which is overseeing implementation of a settlement of a class-action lawsuit against Ottawa.
But the victims need to be represented in Ontario court, and the federal government should ensure they have legal counsel present, says New Democrat MP Charlie Angus.
“For this legal opinion to be valid, the survivors have to be there,” Angus told a news conference Monday.
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