Native residential students wary of claims process
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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First Nations
Some former students of Native residential schools don't want to relive the abuse they suffered just to get additional compensation from the Canadian government.
Every student received $10,000, plus $3,000 for each year they attended a school. But to qualify for up to $275,000 in additional compensation, former students have to write a detail account of the abuse, provide documentation and produce witnesses, if necessary.
"I don't think I can do it," Sylvia Gould, who went to a school in Nova Scotia, told CBC News.
Canada agreed to pay $2 billion to settle residential school cases. About 75,000 former students have received their share of the settlement.
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