Day school settlement has paid out $5.7B in claims. A Supreme Court petition says survivors were shortchanged

A Cree survivor of the federal Indian day school system is asking Canada's top court to intervene in a multibillion-dollar settlement agreement amid allegations survivors have been shortchanged and retraumatized by the compensation process, CBC News has learned.

Mar 5, 2024 - 14:00
Day school settlement has paid out $5.7B in claims. A Supreme Court petition says survivors were shortchanged

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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. 

A Cree survivor of the federal Indian day school system is asking Canada's top court to intervene in a multibillion-dollar settlement agreement amid allegations survivors have been shortchanged and retraumatized by the compensation process, CBC News has learned.

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