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Legal misstep lets Catholic Church off hook for residential schools compensation
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/legal-misstep-lets-catholics-off-hook-for-residential-schools-compensation/article29657424/A miscommunication by a federal lawyer allowed the Catholic Church to renege on its obligation to try to raise $25-million to pay for healing programs for the survivors of Indian residential schools.
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In a March 19 letter to Ron Kidd, a concerned citizen from British Columbia who has been following this case, Andrew Saranchuk, an assistant deputy minister within the Indigenous Affairs department, explained that a court settlement reached on July 16, 2015 “released the Catholic entities from all three of their financial obligations under the settlement agreement, including the ‘best efforts’ fundraising campaign, in exchange for a repayment of $1.2-million in administrative fees.”
This result, Mr. Saranchuk went on to explain, “was due to miscommunications between counsel regarding the nature and extent of the settlement being discussed.”
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“Instead, we see time and time again that it has been a travesty of injustice by the defendants for the benefit of the defendants,” said Mr. Angus. “I am looking at communities where we have people dying because of a lack of mental-health services and we have the Catholic Church trying to sneak out of its obligations.”
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In a March 19 letter to Ron Kidd, a concerned citizen from British Columbia who has been following this case, Andrew Saranchuk, an assistant deputy minister within the Indigenous Affairs department, explained that a court settlement reached on July 16, 2015 “released the Catholic entities from all three of their financial obligations under the settlement agreement, including the ‘best efforts’ fundraising campaign, in exchange for a repayment of $1.2-million in administrative fees.”
This result, Mr. Saranchuk went on to explain, “was due to miscommunications between counsel regarding the nature and extent of the settlement being discussed.”
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“Instead, we see time and time again that it has been a travesty of injustice by the defendants for the benefit of the defendants,” said Mr. Angus. “I am looking at communities where we have people dying because of a lack of mental-health services and we have the Catholic Church trying to sneak out of its obligations.”
Can we look to the RCC to do the morally right thing, and pay the full damages anyway? Doesn't appear so.