The Canadian government is moving closer to selection a new chair of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission, CBC News reports.

Harry LaForme, an Ontario appeal court justice and member of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation, resigned in late October in a dispute over the direction of the commission. After a replacement is chosen, the group should be back on track by January, CBC said.

The remaining two commissioners, whom LaForme sad did not respect his authority, are expected to stay on board. There was some discussion of creating an entirely new commission or expanding it to five members.

The government spent $1.9 billion to compensate former students of Native residential schools who suffered abuse at residential schools. The commission is supposed to collect their stories and help the country reconcile.

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