The federal government is committing $320 million in new money for programs to help Indigenous communities search burial sites at former residential schools and to support survivors and their communities. Speaking to a virtual news conference today, he said Canada currently does not have the legal tools needed to deal with the complex issues presented by discoveries of unmarked graves. He said the government will provide $100 million over two years to help Indigenous communities manage residential school buildings, whether those plans include demolition, rehabilitation or the construction of new facilities. In June, the Lower Kootenay Band in British Columbia said a search using ground-penetrating radar had found what are believed to be 182 human remains at a site close to a former residential school in Cranbrook. The Squamish Nation in the Vancouver area was set to make an announcement on Tuesday about the former St. Paul's Indian Residential School.

Source: CBC News August 10, 2021 18:45 UTC