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UPDATE: As of January 25, 2021, nearly 9,700 Sixties Scoop Survivors are reportedly still waiting to find out if they’ll receive compensation in the $875 million class action settlement.
The Canadian government agreed to settle with Sixties Scoop survivors back in 2017 and the claims period ended 16 months ago, but thousands of applicants are still stuck in limbo.
Initially, Collectiva, the claims administrator, had until May 31 to process the applications and report the final number of eligible claims. However, that deadline was suspended in April due to the coronavirus pandemic and a new one has yet to be set.
Collectiva has also stopped denying claims saying in part, “given the current public health circumstances, we are continuing the pause on denying applications for the time being. What that means is that no claim will be denied during this time. However, we are actively assessing claims and, where possible, approving them and issuing interim payments” according to the settlement website update.
Sixties Scoop survivors say they’re fed up and they want Collectiva’s deadline reinstated, according to a letter reportedly sent to class counsel.
“The deadlines should all be reinstated and a final tally of numbers be reported to Canada by May 31, 2021, or sooner, so that final payments can begin to flow to survivors, and so people can move on and heal.”
The letter makes other recommendations including, sending a reminder letter to claimants who need to submit more information and including interest in claimants final payments after May 31. The requests were denied, according to The Tyee.
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Interim Payments to Sixties Scoop Survivors Approved, Amid COVID-19 Delays
Citing obstacles created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Court has reportedly approved a request to delay payments to Sixties Scoop survivors. Interim payments of $21,000 will reportedly be sent to people whose applications under the Sixties Scoop settlement have already been approved.
Sixties Scoop survivors include those who were involuntarily taken from their Indigenous families and placed in foster and adoptive homes. According to reporting by the CBC, the practice spanned a number of decades, from the late 1950s through early 1990s. Practices were instigated by a series of provincial policies enacted by welfare agencies that saw Indigenous children taken from their homes and placed in a white home. The now-adult children subject to these policies say they lost their culture and family and many were victims of abuse.
In 2017, the government of Canada agreed to pay Sixties Scoop survivors, along with First Nations, $750 million. The amount of each survivor’s payment would depend on the number of eligible claims submitted and the claims process opened last year.
According to a recent report by the CBC, the Sixties Scoop settlement process has been delayed by challenges posed by the COVID-19 crisis. The claims administrator, Collectiva, has reportedly received nearly 35,000 claims, but has only processed 40 percent of that total.
In late March, at the beginning of the COVID crisis, a federal judge reportedly ordered payments of $25,000 be made to qualifying Sixties Scoop Class Members “, once more than 4,767 claimants’ applications have been fully and finally rejected without further opportunity for review or reconsideration.” However, the process is now further delayed as coronavirus related restrictions drag on.
One of the lawyers representing Class Members told CBC News reporters that the process has been delayed by the closure of provincial archives that claims assessors need to determine whether a claim is eligible.
“Our priority right now is to get eligible class members the payments they are owed as quickly as possible,” the lawyer told reporters. “I know that these delays have taken a real emotional toll on many people and I am personally committed to getting survivors both the information and the justice they deserve.”
In a recent order, Justice Michael L. Phelan allowed Sixties Scoop survivors who have made claims that were determined to be eligible. Claims will be paid out at $21,000 and are considered interim.
Sixties Scoop Survivors Frustrated With Settlement Process
Some Sixties Scoop survivors are frustrated with the process, according to the CBC.
“We didn’t realize it would be almost four years later that we would get paid, even now we’re not even sure when,” co-founder of the Sixties Scoop Network, formerly known as the National Indigenous Survivors of Child Welfare Network, Colleen Hele-Cardinal told reporters. “We’re hearing the day school survivors are getting their money and their lawsuit started after ours. It’s very frustrating.”
Hele-Cardinal followed up with concerns about how the Sixties Scoop settlement is being handled.
“It’s not good enough. Whether we like it or not, this is what we got, even if we didn’t ask for it. It feels like a really bad deal,” Hele-Cardinal told reporters. “We want justice. We want more than just this. We want our stories shared, we want people all over the world to know what Canada did to us, and continues to do to our families.”
Another Sixties Scoop survivor told reporters that she doesn’t expect she will ever see payment.
“If I ever see a cheque, I would be surprised. I really don’t expect them to pay us,” a Sixties Scoop survivor and director of a women’s shelter for Native women in Montreal told reporters. “My whole life direction and struggles is because of the Sixties Scoop. I’ve never been impressed with the government. If they said they’re going to give it to us, then they should follow up.”
For its part, representatives for Canada’s Office of Crown-Indigenous Relations affirmed that it wants Sixties Scoop settlement payments to go out in a timely manner.
“Canada fully supports class counsel’s motion to issue partial payments to class members with a valid claim immediately,” said the Office in a statement regarding the recent judicial order on payments. “Canada has already transferred $500 million to the [claims] administrator for individuals’ compensation to allow payments to be made to the eligible class without further delay once the process resumes. The Government of Canada fully supports efforts to expedite funding wherever possible.”
Are you a Sixties Scoop survivor? What do you think about the delay in the settlement cheques? Tell us your story in the comment section below!
The Sixties Scoop Class Action Lawsuit is Riddle, et al. v. Her Majesty the Queen, Case No. T-2212-16 in the Federal Court of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
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75 thoughts onSixties Scoop Survivors’ Settlement Cheques Delayed
We’re just being played, I just wrote Collectiva and threatened to take them and sue them along with the Klein lawyers, same shit over and over again, but I’m seriously considering going ahead with my decision to do just that, when I talked to Doug Lennox at the Klein office he told me to keep watching for frequently updated information, their full of shit, I told Collectiva to go to hell, enough is enough, like we haven’t gone through enough all our lives. We need to group up and make some plans or decision as to where we are going with this waiting game. I say fuck them all and take them by suing for the harm and anxiety they are causing
Hi I have not got my first payment I think I have been waiting for about 2year
Sept.1 2021, what is really going on with final payments. Same ole same ole. When all applications are finalized. Then it’s up to a Federal Judge to release funds, as well determined amount based on number of approved applications. Upon reading legal documents, minimum payment 25,000 not to exceed 50,000. Well everyone should get the maximum 50,000. This is getting frustrating waiting a long time. I too am a 60s survivor, I think we should all band together and let Media know from every part of this Country. We can’t sit back waiting for answers. We need to be heard. Lawyers don’t care about us, Gov don’t care, there’s Election coming up. They will be put this claim on the back burner again. We will be waiting another winter, spring maybe longer.
I spoke to Doug Lennox at the Klein office today and I get the same bullshit from him, there’s no saying when we can be looking at getting our second payment, waiting on all the applications, I just wrote to Collectiva and threatened them to take them and sue them as well as the Klein lawyers, we’re being played and your right we need to group and get our voices to be heard. When I asked him how much final payments would be he said maybe 4.000.00 dollars maybe a little more, the 3 layers who were supposed to be supporting us survivors got their payments totalling 37.7 million dollars, I think we should step forward fight for at least 200.000 dollars we are being used, belittled to no avail. Please contact me but we definitely need to take action.
Sign me up I’m just as sick of the lies and mistrust and treatment of government , provinces . Tired of it to the point if we went to war I would not have to think twice . I can truly say I don’t like I don’t trust!
I agree! This is taking too long for 2nd payments! Why do we have to wait around for all 1st payments to go out? We were obviously approved to even get a 1st payment. I don’t know if it’s true but I heard the Queen has a hand in why this is taking so long!
Sign me up.. they’ve probably stolen our money already!!!!@
I have sent numerous emails in regards to final payment to no avail
I didn’t know about this and when I did find out about it it was to late and they were very rude on the phone needless to say
Aug 18th, 2021 and Im just one of many who are waiting on final payment. I just finsihed reading the lawyers got paid, which was holding up the process. Just an answer of when final payments will be made, would be good enough. We deserve an answer, they say to check updates, which tells me nothing when i check.
I seriously considering telling my story on how when CAS got involved with me entering foster care (care…that was a joke), and me ending up disabled due to the most (to me) nastiest, abusive foster “mother”. And how CAS placed me back in same family after getting out of hospital. I was a child. I will either get paid my final payment, and soon., or I will have to put out mu story, which alot of gov’t agencies wont like. There should be an inquiry into all past, and present dealings of CAS. Ive read numerous stories on how CAS have taken children (all) out of their Families over a stupid mistake, or not even a mistake, and place the child in a worse situation. Some have even died. Even though my story is harsh, there are children who have went through worse. PAY US OUR FINAL PAYMENT ALREADY!!
We’re just being played, I just wrote Collectiva and threatened to take them and sue them along with the Klein lawyers, same shit over and over again, but I’m seriously considering going ahead with my decision to do just that, when I talked to Doug Lennox at the Klein office he told me to keep watching for frequently updated information, their full of shit, I told Collectiva to go to hell, enough is enough, like we haven’t gone through enough all our lives. We need to group up and make some plans or decision as to where we are going with this waiting game. I say fuck them all and take them by suing for the harm and anxiety they are causing
I agree this has taken long enough why should we have to beg for our money the way some of us had to beg the foster parents to stop beating us and molesting our people. We all want our money now not after all the greedy lawyers have their way with it
Okay, it is now August 2021 and the B.S. has to end, Period!
The lawyers all got their monies, and as Sixties Scoop Survivors, here we all sit in indefinate limbo. For what? The compensation has already been approved but no one is stepping up the final distribution of Monies to survivors. To me it look like the old “Bait and Switch” tactic has been used again. If funds are witheld till the final tally is totalled it will be over and above the allotted 20,000 survivors. This means less money for each individual. Also some were paid 21,000 via the first allocated payment before COVID. So now we must wait till COLLECTIVA can get the money flowing again. I do not want what I haven’t got. But there was a promise attached to all this. but it matters not, because we are just, INDIANS I think NOT. Stand tall and write your parlimentarians and tell them this is not right in our country or for any peoples of any creed or color.
Have you talked to Doug Lennox at the Klein office, what a joke he said that because they passed the 20,000 number we’re lucky if we see, 4000.00 dollars or a little bit more, we’d be better off to go to get our own lawyers and sue both Collectiva and the Klein lawyers, claims that there’s new updates quite frequently, bullshit lets take a stance together because they don’t give a flying rats ass about us we’re just Indians, but we have to fight because we deserve better, what a bunch of hog wash, send me a message when you get my read please
We won’t be getting a 2nd payment because there is no more money it’s all a lie this collective is using covid as a excuse because there is no money thats why there not getting back to anyone if i were u get a lawyer soon because it’s going back to court there’s no more money they have spent most of it already
We should be getting more, the workers who are working on this get 8000 dollars a month, we get under 50000, its not fair, my real family was stolen ,
Sign me up and lets sue these crooks!!! It is unbelievable that the lawyers got $ 37.5 millions dollars and these clowns are getting more money then the actual victims????? Let’s get these greedy assholes, so they will never think about doing this to other victims out there!! Contact me and let’s get it started!!!
when will the asking paymet come I got my first Pay last jun and 2021 7 17 I’m still waiting
We’re all still waiting it doesn’t look like its going anywhere too soon and it’s gotten really frustrating enough is enough already, I’ve been suggesting all the survivors gather together and sue them Collectiva and the Klein lawyers
I’m Isolated, I have one sister and one cousin I can talk too once in awhile. They do not know me very well. I’ve become a life long alcoholic that I am now overcoming. It’s only now that I began court ordered therapy that I’m learning about Trauma, PTSD issues and how that has impacted my life. It is a result from being a life long ward of the government. Now I am
53′ years old having trouble figuring out who I am. I have endured surviving a life of emotional, psychological and physical abuse. I made it this far and I rely on my art and writing skills to keep me moving forward. I have trouble making friends and connecting with people but Trauma therapy is helping me improve and slowly heal. If I do receive a second payout I can definitely carry out improving my education so hopefully I can help the group of society I am a part us sixties scoop survivors. My older brother didn’t make it he passed on 4 and half years earlier. Well Blessings to all of you who are waiting in limbo for payouts. Remember to build Faith in Our Greater Spirit to guide and help us endure to find meaning, strength and greater resilience.
I’m a 60z scoop survivor and I can’t believe that I’m still waiting for the FINAL PAYMENT.!! Day School payments are being issued out before us, and that makes me Angry…I wish this fucken Collectivia would just release the rest of our payments that THEY OWE US. It was there Government that took us out of our patents homes and placed us in White homes, where the PHYSICAL,VERBAL,MENTAL,AND SEXUAL..ABUSE STARTED. To me it was like RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL in those foster Care homes. As I speak about this it brings back A LOT OF EMOTIONAL FEELINGS…Some days I wonder if we’re still getting paid.
I got my first payment in June 2019. Does the government even know what we through? Shame, sexually molested, physical and verbal abuse. Lost our culture and tradition on the land.
I got my first payment in June 2019. Does the government even know what we through? Shame, sexually molested, physical and verbal abuse. Lost our culture and tradition on the land.