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25 May 2015

First Nations group wants wider search for files related to residential school abuse

The Assembly of First Nations and a lawyer representing some survivors of Canada’s residential schools wants Ottawa to search all departments and agencies for historical records related to abuse in the schools.
The First Nations umbrella group wants Canada to search all federal departments and agencies for the historical records, while Ottawa lawyer Fay Brunning, who is representing nine former attendees of one particular school in Ontario, wants the search to “at least’’ involve the RCMP, Health Canada and Department of Justice.