CANADA
APTN
By Kathleen Martens
APTN National News
WINNIPEG – Canada’s chief adjudicator for the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement’s Independent Assessment Process (IAP) has resigned, APTN Investigates has learned.
Dan Ish gave his written notice to the IAP’s Oversight Committee a few weeks ago, saying it will be effective in June.
Ish has been overseeing the multi-billion dollar program since being appointed for five years in Sept. 19, 2007.
However, the IAP has received triple the expected number of applications from former residential school survivors, something Ish cited in stepping down.
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