Judge says Canada has met its obligation to survivors who have concluded the claims process
Warning: This story includes details of abuse at residential schools
A decades-long court fight between survivors of abuse at a notorious Catholic-run residential school in Fort Albany, and Canada, over disclosure of evidence, appears to have ended with a March 20, 2025 decision in Ontario Superior Court.
Led by former student and Fort Albany Chief, Edmund Metatawabin, the survivors of St. Anne’s had been seeking access to documents from criminal and civil trials connected to abuse allegations at the school, in order to consider reopening compensation claims.
They were also looking for a review of the government’s conduct in response to a 2014 court decision ordering the government to disclose those documents.
Federal lawyers asked the court to dismiss the survivors’ request on mainly technical terms, arguing Canada had met its obligations of disclosure.
Justice Benjamin…
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