Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett says the federal government wants to settle legal action around the Sixties Scoop — a period when Indigenous children were removed from their homes and placed in care. Bennett calls the period a "dark and painful" chapter for Canada and says several parties have expressed interest insettlement discussions. She says negotiation, rather than litigation, is critical to address historical wrongs. In Ontario, a class-action lawsuit on the issue should be in a judge's hands by the end of the week following a last-minutecancellation of a hearing that had been scheduled for Thursday. Instead, government lawyers this week informed a Superior Court justice that they no longer planned to cross-examine the two elders.

Source: CBC News February 01, 2017 21:06 UTC