Canada's top court dismisses federal Indian day school survivor's appeal

The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a request from a federal Indian day school survivor to hear her appeal of a multi-billion-dollar settlement agreement that she said left survivors like her shortchanged and retraumatized.

Canada's top court dismisses federal Indian day school survivor's appeal
Jessie Waldron, a survivor of the Indian day school system who has asked the Supreme Court of Canada to step in because she says the federal government, the claims administrator and the law firm that struck the 2019 settlement agreement on behalf of survivors have failed to represent their best interests. 

The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a request from a federal Indian day school survivor to hear her appeal of a multi-billion-dollar settlement agreement that she said left survivors like her shortchanged and retraumatized.