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26 March 2017

Court urged to clear up ‘mystery’ of hidden residential school documents

TORONTO – The courts must clear up the mystery of why the federal government withheld thousands of relevant documents from survivors who sought compensation for their horrific abuse at a notorious Indian residential school, a judge was told Friday.
In calling for a wide-ranging investigation into the non-disclosure, lawyer Michael Swinwood said one of the plaintiffs in the case was retraumatized by the initial denial of her compensation claim.

http://lethbridgeherald.com/news/national-news/2017/03/24/court-urged-to-clear-up-mystery-of-hidden-residential-school-documents/