Actions and Commitments

Call to Action # 29: Justice (25-42)

St. Anne’s IRS

October 25, 2021

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) – Deputy Grand Chief Anna Betty Achneepineskum today called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to end Canada’s relentless legal battles against Survivors of the notorious St. Anne’s Indian Residential School and meet with them in the spirt of reconciliation during a press conference in Ottawa: “The Survivors of St. Anne’s Residential School suffered inconceivable horrors as children, and it is unconscionable that the federal government is re-traumatizing them by dragging them through the courts in its relentless effort to deny them justice.