CANADA
CBC News
As Canada’s Residential Schools Settlement Agreement draws to a close, some survivors are calling for a review.
A review is needed in order to identify any mistakes that have been made throughout the process and make them right, said Garnet Angeconeb, a residential school survivor who lives in Sioux Lookout, in northwestern Ontario.
“It’s not to renegotiate or reopen the agreement,” said Angeconeb. “It’s to look at what worked, what didn’t work and what needs to be worked on some more.”
The settlement agreement is the largest class action settlement in Canadian history, and it involves the distribution of billions of dollars in compensation to former students of Indian residential schools.
But in some cases, the alleged misconduct of legal advisors have left survivors feeling revictimized, and unsure of how their complaints will be resolved, said Angeconeb.
“So these things really need to be addressed and the questions that survivors have need to be thoroughly examined before the agreement expires,” he said.
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