The Canadian Bar Association is proposing the Canadian government pay each and every person who attended a Native residential school.

The association said each person, regardless of whether he or she has an abuse claim pending, should receive $10,000 (Canadian) as a "base" amount plus $3,000 for every year spent in one of the schools. This would cover about 86,000 people.

Currently, Native students who have abuse claims can go through the courts or a government mediation process. The association says the government process is flawed.

The Assembly of First Nations has proposed a payout plan as well. It would only be applied to about 13,000 people who have filed abuse claims.

Get the Story:
Pay all residential-school students: lawyers (CBC 2/22)
CBA Recommends Reconciliation Payments For All Residential School Survivors (Canadian Bar Association 2/22)

Relevant Links:
Indian Residential Schools Resolution Department - http://www.irsr-rqpi.gc.ca/english

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