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Yes, and pay for the residential school settlement!
The 2006 Indian Residential School Settlement required Catholic groups to pay compensation for its role in the abuse and trauma inflicted on thousands of aboriginal children. https://twitter.com/uniononly/status/1340439485436162049
The 2006 Indian Residential School Settlement required Catholic groups to pay compensation for its role in the abuse and trauma inflicted on thousands of aboriginal children. https://twitter.com/uniononly/status/1340439485436162049
The agreement required the Catholic entities to pay $29 million in cash to the now defunct Aboriginal Healing Foundation, $25 million in "in-kind" services, and to try and fundraise $25 million for healing programs for former students. 2
In an attempt to make the Catholic Church pay the full amount of the $29-million cash settlement, the government inadvertently released it from any obligation it might have had to continue with a dismal fundraising campaign. 3
"But then, the Catholics were allowed to subtract a number of expenses they'd already incurred, so it got down to about $18 million and about $1.6 million is still outstanding."
"The net effect of this accounting approach
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"The net effect of this accounting approach
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is to reduce the overall amounts that are paid to the Aboriginal Healing Foundation, and to give preference to the Corporation's administrative costs, including their lawyers' fees, at the expense of former students of Indian Residential Schools." 5
“The Catholic church had legal obligations to pay into the (residential school) compensation fund for the crimes that were committed by its orders, under its watch, and under its direction — 6 https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/catholic-church-withholding-millions-from-victims-alleges-government-1.2542363
and they walked away on that agreement and they did not pay their share,” said Angus.
“I believe they still need to pay that money for the crimes that were committed.” 7 https://ipolitics.ca/2018/03/28/ndp-mp-says-catholic-church-owes-money-to-residential-school-survivors/
“I believe they still need to pay that money for the crimes that were committed.” 7 https://ipolitics.ca/2018/03/28/ndp-mp-says-catholic-church-owes-money-to-residential-school-survivors/
