oct 21, 2005 - The Supreme doesn't think government can be responsible for students

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The Supreme Court of Canada thinks that the federal government cannot be held fully liable for damages suffered by students abused at a church-run school on Vancouver Island. The United Church carried out most of operations at Port Alberni Indian Residential School, where six aboriginal students claimed they were abused by a dormitory supervisor from the 1940s to the 1960s. The court ruled the church needs to take 24 percent of responsibility.