FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, QUEBEC ESTABLISH LIAISON OFFICER POST

The Quebec and federal governments have unveiled plans for a central place for Indigenous communities in the province to go for support over former residential schools, easing concerns among communities that they would face a jurisdictional back-and-forth between the federal and provincial governments. Indigenous Affairs Minister Ian Lafrenière said Saturday the province would create a liaison officer post. Lafrenière says the facilitator will be on the job as of Monday.