CANADA
Global News
The Canadian Press
OTTAWA – The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which documented the haunting legacy of Canada’s residential schools, is set to present its final report Tuesday to the parties in the class-action settlement that led to its creation.
Justice Murray Sinclair, who has led the TRC’s exhaustive investigation over the past six years, said each member of the agreement will receive a copy of the massive findings to complete the commission’s obligation.
The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement was reached after former residential school survivors took the federal government and churches to court with the support of the Assembly of First Nations and Inuit organizations.
The arrangement was designed to help repair the lasting damage caused by the schools, and – in addition to compensating survivors – to explore the truth behind the government-funded, church-operated assimilation program that existed in Canada from the 1870s to 1996.
After unveiling its summary in June, which included the key finding that the residential school system facilitated nothing short of “cultural genocide,” the TRC will now release hard copies of the full report.
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