Residential Schools
More than $45 million has recently been paid to residential school lawyers ? one of the largest legal bills in Canadian history.
- Via CBC.ca.
I’ve worked for one of the research companies who employed “lawyers” for residential school cases. While they had Law degrees, most had never used it in a professional setting. Why? Real lawyers do not do research work on what should be one of Canada’s biggest embarrassments.
There are a LOT of people who were abused at these schools, but there are also a lot of opportunists who weren’t. So you get a bunch of second-rate “lawyers” trying to distinguish, based on hearsay and other usually-invalid sources, which cases are real and which aren’t. Money that could be used to create a sustainable future is instead being funneled, at an alarming rate, into this ridiculous lawsuit.
But what’s worse? A few people who are trying to unethically get money from the government, or a government who has a documented and admitted history of abuse and prejudice? I think that $45 million would be better spent by the victims, and I’d much rather have my tax dollars go into the hands a few undeserving souls if it means that the real victims get their compensation.
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