Canada set to pay billions to Indigenous children removed from their families, court rules [cnn.com]

Carey Sipp 10/4/213:16 PM

By Nicole Chavez and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN World, September 30, 2021

Canada observed its first national holiday honoring victims and survivors of the country's residential school system.

The statutory holiday came a day after a federal court upheld a 2016 ruling ordering the Canadian government to compensate Indigenous children who were placed into foster care. Thursday's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and the court decision highlight the history of discrimination and harm toward First Nations communities.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the holiday recognizes the "harms, injustices, and intergenerational trauma that Indigenous peoples have faced -- and continue to face -- because of the residential school system, systemic racism, and the discrimination that persists in our society."

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