CANADA
Ottawa Citizen
By Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press
January 31, 2013
The federal government is obliged to turn over its archival records on Indian residential schools to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, an Ontario court decided Wednesday.
In his decision, Justice Stephen Goudge said the obligation to provide the materials is clear from the settlement agreement that established the commission.
“The plain meaning of the language is straightforward,” Goudge said.
“It is to provide all relevant documents to the TRC.”
The decision comes in an increasingly acrimonious dispute between the federal government and the commission over millions of government documents the commission says it needs to fulfil its core mandate.
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