Ottawa Reverses Funding Caps for Residential School Searches

Ottawa Reverses Funding Caps for Residential School Searches
Children walk on the foundation wall of a former building at the site of the former St. Mary's Indian Residential School during a ceremony to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, in Mission, B.C., on Sept. 30, 2022. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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Ottawa is removing its recently imposed $500,000 cap for funding focused on locating or memorializing children who didn’t return home from residential schools.

The government reversed last month’s decision to limit federal funding for the Residential Schools Missing Children Community Support program to $500,000 per community—a significant reduction from the previous annual cap of $3 million, says Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree.