Following B.C. Premier David Eby害羞草研究所檚 B.C.害羞草研究所檚 ombudsperson is calling on the government to reconsider the compensation package offered to survivors.

害羞草研究所淭he Doukhobor community deserves a meaningful commitment from government to right this long-standing wrong and trauma that continues to this day,害羞草研究所� said Jay Chalke in a Feb. 27 statement.

害羞草研究所淭hat害羞草研究所檚 why I remain frustrated that the individual compensation our office has been recommending for more than 20 years, has still not been clearly promised.害羞草研究所�

The government apologized for the detention of Doukhobor children in the 1950s and acknowledged the children had been abused both physically and psychologically.

Approximately 200 children were removed from their homes and placed at a former tuberculosis sanatorium in New Denver between 1953 and 1959.

害羞草研究所淭heir parents, Sons of Freedom Doukhobors, were protesting government regulation and their children became the innocent victims of government害羞草研究所檚 response to those protests,害羞草研究所� Chalke said.

The apology came with a $10 million compensation package designated for a legacy fund, an archival fund and a health and wellness fund. It did not give any money directly to survivors.

害羞草研究所淚 welcome the Premier害羞草研究所檚 commitment in the legislature today to work with the Doukhobor community to, as he said, 害羞草研究所榤ake this right害羞草研究所� and I call on him to give priority to individual compensation,害羞草研究所� Chalke said.

害羞草研究所淪uch compensation would allow survivors and their families to, in the Premier害羞草研究所檚 words, 害羞草研究所榓ccess the support they need, however it looks害羞草研究所� to support their healing.害羞草研究所�

The Office of the Ombudsperson says it will continue to hold government to account as it follows through on the Premier害羞草研究所檚 commitments.

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