OTTAWA — Canada agreed to "forever discharge" Catholic entities from their promise to raise $25 million for residential school survivors and also picked up their legal bill, a final release document shows.
Indigenous leaders and legal experts have long questioned why Ottawa opted to give up an appeal of a court decision that meant Catholic entities didn't have to pay their remaining financial obligations under the historic Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement. There was a disagreement between Ottawa and the Catholic entities about one part of their obligations.
By Oct. 30, 2015, a final agreement was signed by the former deputy minister in what had been called Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Canada, freeing the Catholic entities of their financial obligations. Miller has, in at least one media interview, expressed openness to the idea of reviewing the government's 2015 decision.
"Should discussions around the order result in a release that is limited to three financial obligations, Canada will not pursue the appeal," reads a document dated September 2015. It included an illegible signature from a former minister in Stephen Harper's Conservative government, which at the time was in the middle of a federal election campaign. The document noted releasing them from some of their non-financial obligations "could pose significant risk for Canada.
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