Following B.C. Premier David Eby含羞草研究社檚 B.C.含羞草研究社檚 ombudsperson is calling on the government to reconsider the compensation package offered to survivors.

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

含羞草研究社淭hat含羞草研究社檚 why I remain frustrated that the individual compensation our office has been recommending for more than 20 years, has still not been clearly promised.含羞草研究社�

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.

含羞草研究社淭heir parents, Sons of Freedom Doukhobors, were protesting government regulation and their children became the innocent victims of government含羞草研究社檚 response to those protests,含羞草研究社� 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.

含羞草研究社淚 welcome the Premier含羞草研究社檚 commitment in the legislature today to work with the Doukhobor community to, as he said, 含羞草研究社榤ake this right含羞草研究社� and I call on him to give priority to individual compensation,含羞草研究社� Chalke said.

含羞草研究社淪uch compensation would allow survivors and their families to, in the Premier含羞草研究社檚 words, 含羞草研究社榓ccess the support they need, however it looks含羞草研究社� to support their healing.含羞草研究社�

The Office of the Ombudsperson says it will continue to hold government to account as it follows through on the Premier含羞草研究社檚 commitments.

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