Globe & Mail – Ottawa used technicality to disqualify 1,000 residential-school claims

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-used-technicality-to-disqualify-1000-residential-school-claims/article28529588/

…”Then, in late 2010, Justice Department lawyers began arguing that schools listed in the settlement agreement ceased to be residential schools at the time the administrative split took place – and that any student who was abused after that point should be disqualified from receiving compensation unless the abuse occurred within the church-run residences. If a child was sexually or physically abused in a classroom, in a gym, or on a playground, the government lawyers argued, he or she should not receive payment for his or her suffering.”…

PRAY TELL, PLEASE TELL US WHO BECOMES RESPONSIBLE FOR CHILD ABUSE PHYSICALLY OR SEXUALLY THEN ?

TECHNICALLY, IF I’M READING THIS RIGHT, THEN NO SEXUAL OR PHYSICAL ABUSE EVER TOOK PLACE. CASE CLOSED. SIMPLE YES ?

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