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Anne McConville

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Anne McConville is a lawyer who served as co-counsel for the Attorney General of Canada during the 2015 court case between the Corporation of Catholic Entities Party to the Indian Residential School Settlement (CCEPIRSS) and the Government of Canada (Fontaine v Saskatchewan (Attorney General), 205 SKQB 220). Prior to the 2015 court case, Canada sought clarity on the Catholic Corporation’s implementation of the 2006 Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. Specifically, in a 2013 Request for Direction, Canada queried CCEPIRSS’ deduction of its legal fees from its financial payments. McConville was involved in the negotiations between Alexander Gay, representing the Attorney General of Canada, and Gordon Kuski, representing the Catholic Entities, which gave rise to Kuski’s assertion that a new settlement agreement had been reached between CCEPIRSS and Canada. Gay denied this, and the issue went to the courts in 2015. During the court case, McConville cross-examined Lionel Nolet, a partner in the Chartered Professional Accountant firm of Marcil Lavallée, the external auditors for CCEPIRSS. She was also involved in other aspects of the case, including contributing to the Factum of the Attorney General of Canada. The court upheld Kuski’s contention that a new settlement agreement had been reached, and the Catholic entities were absolved from any further legal or financial obligations under the 2006 Settlement Agreement. As of 2021, McConville worked as General Counsel for Justice Canada in the Civil Litigation Branch. She is also the Legal Counsel for Canada in the National Inquiry into Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Truth-Gathering Process.

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