The following articles are written by CBC News Online staff. Tue, 08 Oct 2002 TORONTO – An elderly Toronto woman plans to keep fighting for an apology and compensation for abuse she suffered decades ago in a provincial reformatory. Velma Demerson was arrested and jailed in a tiny cell 60 years ago after authorities...
Onetime immigrants want redress over head tax in claim that would total $1-billion by Caroline Alphonso Tuesday, December 19, 2000 Globe and Mail VANCOUVER — With their numbers dwindling each year, Chinese Canadians who had to pay a head tax to enter the country a lifetime ago are suing the federal government to try...
The Canadian case for compensation Kenda Gee – comments on the Australian view The author misses the point concerning redress, entirely. Redress is a process involving individuals who were harmed. And it holds government accountable, particularly as it continues to re-invent mistakes from the past. On those notes – money isn’t important. Yet, it...
