What is Canada doing to address Aboriginal issues domestically?
• On May 10, 2006, the government announced the approval of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. In recognition of the age of many former students, the government also launched an Advance Payment Program for former students who were 65 or older when the Settlement Agreement negotiations began on May 30, 2005. The Advance Payment Program ended on December 31, 2006, and has provided $8,000 to each of 9,938 elderly former students, totaling $79.5 million. • The government continues to work with all of the parties to the Settlement Agreement to ensure that former students and their families will be able to access the benefits of the Agreement as soon as possible. • In the last Speech from the Throne, the government promised to launch a commission for truth and reconciliation in relation to Indian Residential Schools. The Prime Minister will use this occasion to make a statement of apology to close this sad chapter in our history. • Canada is also moving to repeal section 67
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