More than 200 boxes of records under scrutiny by Ottawa, courts for residential school connections – CBC

Apr 25, 2022

Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller says talks ongoing on disclosing of Justice Canada records

More than 200 boxes of records are currently under separate court and internal federal reviews to determine their connection to residential schools after they were found in storage facilities within the last year, CBC News has learned.

The records were discovered in Yellowknife and Vancouver storage lockers, according to information provided to CBC News by a Crown-Indigenous Relations (CIRNA) official.

As a court-appointed firm and federal officials sift through the records, CIRNA Minister Marc Miller said searches continue within his and other departments to find any documents related to the residential school era.

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