CP NewsAlert: Ottawa announces $2.8-billion settlement of B.C. day scholar suit
Jan 21, 2023 | 10:50 AM
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VANCOUVER — 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.
Crown-Indigenous Affairs Minister Marc Miller says the government signed the deal with plaintiffs representing 325 members of the Gottfriedson Band that opted into the suit.
The lawsuit originally involved three classes of complainants, but in 2021 all parties agreed to concentrate initial settlement efforts on survivors and their descendants to ensure they’d receive compensation in their lifetimes.
Today’s announcement marks the settlement for the band class of plaintiffs.
