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British Columbia's government is refusing to pay a young woman for its own mistakes, and the provincial ombudsperson says she may not be the only one harmed.
Jay Chalke says the Children and Family Development has rejected 3 of 5 recommendations
VICTORIA — Children taken from their homes 70 years ago due largely to the religious beliefs of their parents will soon receive a formal apology from British Columbia's government, but their quest for compensation remains uncertain, says the province
British Columbia's ombudsperson says he's "deeply disappointed" the government won't commit to compensating members of an exiled Russian religious group who were forcibly removed from their parents in the 1950s.
The ombudsperson condemns the government’s failure to compensate children for 'unjust and oppressive' confinement.