A newly certified class action lawsuit aims to bring justice to off-reserve Indigenous children and families subjected to the Millennium Scoop.
Between the 1950s and 80s, the infamous Sixties Scoop saw countless Indigenous children taken from their families and given to non-Indigenous homes.
Drawing its name from that, the Millennium Scoop refers to the period that followed, in which Indigenous children continued to be taken from their homes under the foster care system.
Last December, after 5 years of court battles, Ottawa settled an agreement in principle to compensate on-reserve children who suffered under the unfair system.
However, off-reserve children were left out of that $40 billion decision.
Now, the Federal Court of Canada has decided to certify a class action suit which hopes to see those living off-reserve be compensated as well.
