CANADA
CBC News
The federal government is taking the Catholic church to court today over residential school money it claims is unpaid.
In 2006, churches that ran residential schools, including Catholic, Anglican, United and Presbyterian denominations, agreed to make reparations.
While most denominations settled their claims years ago, the federal government said the Catholic Entities charity still has $1.6 million outstanding.
“I think it’s very disappointing,” said Mike DeGagné, former head of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation (AHF).
The Healing Foundation was originally supposed to receive $29 million from the Catholic Entities.
However, DeGagné said over the years, that number was whittled down to about $18 million.
The Catholic Entities claim the remaining $1.6 million was spent on lawyers and legal fees and is a legitimate expense.
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