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ca(Reuters) – Canada has reached an settlement to settle a class-action lawsuit, looking for compensation for the lack of language and tradition introduced on by Indian residential faculties, for C$2.8 billion ($2.09 billion).
The settlement builds on the 2021 Gottfriedson Day Students settlement, that offered particular person compensation to day students who attended a residential college however didn’t reside on the establishment.
Canada will present the settlement quantity to a non-profit belief, unbiased of the federal government, as a part of the category settlement.
The group charged with administering the belief might be ruled by a everlasting board consisting of 9 indigenous administrators, the federal government stated in an announcement.
The phrases of the settlement are but to be accredited by the Federal Court docket.
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