The federal NDP and the Green Party are urging Ottawa to reopen the multi-billion-dollar federal Indian day school settlement agreement.
The opposition lawmakers issued the call in response to a CBC News report about day school survivors who say they were re-traumatized by the compensation process and shortchanged.
“I know that what they’re saying is completely true,” said Lori Idlout, NDP MP for Nunavut.
“There are many more [survivors] that we need to make sure are getting the justice they deserve, the compensation … I’m sure that there have been so many more that just gave up because of how arduous the whole
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