Two BC First Nations groups hope to face federal government in court over residential schools – Vancouver Sun
April 12, 2015
VANCOUVER — Two First Nations in B.C. are looking to take the federal government to court on behalf of all the former day students of the country’s notorious residential school system.
The Tk’emlups te Secwepemc and Shishalh bands are asking permission from the federal court to launch a class-action suit representing aboriginal children who attended residential schools but returned to their families at night.
In 2008, the Canadian government formally apologized for the residential school system, but it did not provide compensation to the day students who attended the schools alongside residential students.
The lawsuit alleges day students suffered the same loss of cultural connection and language as their residential counterparts, who did receive compensation.
Read More: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/First+Nations+groups+hope+face+federal+government+court+over/10966174/story.html
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