Residential school survivors fear testimony could be made public (CBC 5/15)
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Residential school survivors want testimony kept confidential
Posted: Thursday, May 15, 2014
Survivors of residential schools are fighting to ensure that their testimony to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission remains confidential.
Survivors shared their stories of mental, physical and sexual abuse after signing a confidentiality agreement. But the commission wants to archive the testimony its its National Research Centre, meaning the records could be open to the public.
"All of the promises made to them would be, in effect, broken," Peter Grant, a lawyer for some of the survivors, told CBC News.
The Ontario Superior Court will hear the dispute in July, CBC reported.
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Residential school survivors fear testimony could be made public (CBC 5/15)
Residential school survivors fear testimony could be made public (CBC 5/15)
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