GCE Residential Schools (1998R271.02)

That the Executive of General council instruct the church’s counsel that our involvement in the current Alberni Indian Residential School litigation be primarily focussed on:

  1. settlement negotiations, formal and informal

  2. determining the measure of damages of the plaintiffs

  3. negotiating the church’s fair share of liability with the crown

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