Mr. Speaker, Lorna Standingready, a residential school survivor, received $12,000 less than what she expected for her common experience payment.
The summary of payment explanation was terse and unhelpful,“residence could not be confirmed”. Yet Lorna was a ward of the state from the age of six until eighteen. There was not a single year of her childhood not spent in an Indian residential school.
The government directed kids where to go. Now it needs to direct the money. When will survivors like Lorna receive their full common experience payment?