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Ottawa announces $2.8-billion settlement of B.C. residential schools class-action lawsuit

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Canada agrees to pay C$2.8bn ($2.9bn; £1.68bn) to settle class-action lawsuit. Lawsuit sought compensation for loss of language and culture caused by residential school system. Money will be paid to a non-profit trust independent of the government.

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BBC News

Canada settles $2.8bn residential schools lawsuit

The compulsory boarding schools were part of a policy designed to assimilate indigenous children.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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News18 India

Canada to Pay More than $2 Billion to Indigenous Abuse Survivors

The Can$2.8 billion (US$2.1 billion) settlement, the result of a class action lawsuit by 325 Indigenous groups, will be placed in a not-for-profit trust independent of the government

1 year ago·India

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CTV News

Ottawa announces $2.8-billion settlement of B.C. day scholar lawsuit

The federal government says it's come to a $2.8-billion agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by members of a British Columbia Indigenous band who attended residential schools as day scholars.

1 year ago·Canada

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Reuters

Canada settles residential school reparations class-action lawsuit

Canada has reached an agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit, seeking compensation for the loss of language and culture brought on by Indian residential schools, for C$2.8 billion ($2.09 billion).

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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CBC News

$2.8-billion settlement reached in class action lawsuit over residential schools

Officials announced Saturday that the federal government and 325 First Nations have agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit, seeking reparations for the loss of language and culture brought on by Indian residential schools, for $2.8 billion.

1 year ago·Canada

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NDTV

Canada To Pay $2 Billion To Abuse Survivors From Indigenous Communities

Canada will pay hundreds of Indigenous communities more than $2 billion in compensation for nearly a century of abuse suffered by children in residential schools, its government has announced.

1 year ago·New Delhi, India

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