Proposed class-action alleges abuse, cultural devastation at Indigenous group homes in Canada

Proposed class-action alleges abuse, cultural devastation at Indigenous group homes in Canada

A proposed class-action lawsuit against the Canadian government says Indigenous children removed from their communities and placed in group homes beginning in the 1950s suffered physical, sexual and psychological abuse that "was commonplace, condoned and, arguably, encouraged."The Federal Court lawsuit filed this month in Vancouver says children across the country were

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