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Nunatsiaq News
Former residential students have only one more day to file for compensation under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, said Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada in a Sept. 18 news release.
The Common Experience Payment is paid to eligible former students who resided at a recognized residential school.
The deadline to apply for a CEP was Sept. 19, 2011, but “in cases of disability, undue hardship and exceptional circumstances,” applications can be accepted until Sept. 19, 2012, the news release said.
For Inuit, the CEP had processed 4,371 applications, and Nunavummiut received $41.2 million through the CEP as of June 30, 2012.
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