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By: Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press
Posted: 2:10 PM CDT Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government has apologized in the legislature for clawing back federal benefit payments to kids in the child welfare system. The apology is part of a settlement of a class-action lawsuit, approved by a judge last month, that will see the province pay out $530 million.
The agreement will compensate roughly 30,000 children who spent time in child welfare, some of whom have since become adults, for money the province took be tween 2005 and 2019.
Kris Saxberg, one of the lawyers for the plaintiffs, has said claim forms are to start being processed in January. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 8, 2024
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