Indian day school survivors who haven’t claimed compensation under a national class-action settlement will have to wait a little longer to learn if they’ll ever get the chance.
Federal Court Justice Sébastien Grammond reserved his decision Tuesday after a two-day hearing in Ottawa on whether to extend the claims deadline, given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and alleged deficiencies in the process.
Audrey Hill, a day school survivor from Six Nations of the Grand River in southern Ontario, said the pandemic magnified things like intergenerational trauma, addiction, homelessness and infrastructure deficits, meaning too many people were left out.
“We’re not dealing with just day
