Funding cut for residential school searches ‘reflects a troubling denialism,’ says chief
Officials with Indigenous Services Canada told organizations and community leaders responsible for searches for missing children and unmarked burials at residential school sites Thursday their funding is being capped at $500,000 per year.
That cap is substantially less than previous operating budgets and much less than what organizations estimate is required to continue the work.
David Monias, chief of Pimicikamak Cree Nation in Manitoba, was on the Zoom call.
