SASKATOON --
When the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) was signed in 2006, the Roman Catholic Church agreed to provide $25 million in compensation for historical wrongs - and the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) says the church hasn’t done enough to reach that goal.
According to a release from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon, those who signed the IRSSA committed to the following:
Payment of $29 million in cash, which was directed to programs and services und the supervision of First Nations organizations, and to the “Returning to Spirit’ program. The diocese of Saskatoon’s share of this amount was $25,000.