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Canada imposes cap on residential school searches

July 24, 2024

While the federal government had pledged $320 million for communities to start searching suspected burial sites at residential schools across Canada, it is now capping funding at $500,000 on any new searches. Melissa Ridgen explains why the spending is being scaled back, and how the announcement surprised Indigenous leaders.

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