Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the House of Commons : Rapport du vérificateur général du Canada à la Chambre des communes : Chapitre 6: la création d'un dossier historiques des pensionnats indiens

Table of ContentsMain Points 1 Introduction 5 The residential school experience 5 The Truth and Reconciliation Commission 6 Responsibilities of the key players 6 The goal of reconciliation 7 Focus of the audit 8 Observations and Recommendations 8 Contributing to the historical record 8 No federal department was initially made responsible for coordinating the provision of documents 9 The scope of t [...] The creation of the historical record and the establishment of the national research centre will be a permanent legacy of the work of the Commission. [...] The goal of reconciliation 6.10 On 11 June 2008, in the presence of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis leaders and residential school survivors in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister described the treatment of children in residential schools as a “sad chapter in our history,” and apologized to Aboriginal peoples on behalf of the Government of Canada and all Canadians. [...] The scope of the work was not agreed upon 6.18 In the context of efforts toward reconciliation, we examined whether the Commission and the Department cooperated and agreed on the scope of the work to be performed, including a definition of what the “relevant documents” were, where to search for them, over what period, and how they would be organized. [...] Report of the Auditor General of Canada—Spring 2013 CREATING A HISTORICAL RECORD OF INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS Report of the Auditor General of Canada—Spring 20136.21 While participating in discussions on the definition of relevance with the parties to the Agreement and the Commission, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada developed its own definition of “relevant documents” in the su