Woodlands School and New Settlement in Ontario

September 18, 2013 by DABC

In BC, survivors of Woodlands School who were there before 1974 are not eligible to apply for compensation for the abuse they suffered. The government argues that because people couldn’t sue the government before 1974, the survivors cannot now apply for compensation. All provinces implemented legislation at around the same time to allow people to sue the government. But in Ontario, abuse survivors of a similar institution today won the right to apply for compensation regardless of when they were there (1945-2009). BCCPD is once again calling on the BC government to do the right thing (follow the good example of Ontario) and include all the survivors in BC’s compensation agreement. If you agree, please email Justice Minister Susanne Anton at suzanne.anton.mla@leg.bc.ca and share this post.

This is a link to a Global article about the settlement in Ontario:

http://globalnews.ca/news/845480/35m-settlement-reached-in-class-action-suit-against-ontario-government/?utm_source=facebook-twitter&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=community

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Woodlands School and New Settlement in Ontario

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Woodlands School and New Settlement in Ontario

Disability Alliance BC updated their status.

Open by Appointment Only Disability Alliance BC offers the following ways to access our services: over the phone, virtually, or in-person at our office located in downtown Vancouver. As the demand for our services is very high, we do not take walk-in appointments.

Open by Appointment Only

Disability Alliance BC offers the following ways to access our services: over the phone, virtually, or in-person at our office located in downtown Vancouver. As the demand for our services is very high, we do not take walk-in appointments.