The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) was approved by all parties on May 10, 2006, making it the largest class-action settlement in Canadian history. The agreement, which came into effect on September 19, 2007, included the following major elements.

What is the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement? On May 10, 2006, the Government of Canada announced the approval of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement ("IRSSA") which our firm and many other parties negotiated in 2005 and 2006. The multi-billion dollar IRSSA received final court approval in March, 2007. The IRSSA came into effect...

Start date: 2022 End date: 2027 Description of the horizontal initiative: In 2006, in response to decades of litigation and action by survivors seeking justice for their experiences at residential schools, the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) was approved with the aim of bringing a fair and lasting resolution to the ...

For the second time this month a call has come to review the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA). ... I learned that the Roman Catholic Church had fundraised less than $1 million of its fundraising obligation," he told APTN Investigates. On May 5, 2016, Charlie Angus, the NDP-MP for Timmins-James Bay, submitted a written ...

The following document answers frequently asked questions about our national fundraising campaign, as well as the role of Catholic entities in the IRSSA. Fundraising 1. Are you confident the Bishops will meet their new $30M target? Yes. Canada's Bishops are fully committed to meeting the joint $30 million financial commitment over five years.

On 31 March 1998 in response to the RCAP and as part of Gathering Strength—Canada's Aboriginal Action Plan, the federal government established the Aboriginal Healing Foundation (AHF), an "Aboriginal-managed, national, Ottawa-based, not-for-profit private corporation", with a C$350 million-dollar grant and an eleven-year mandate from March 1998 to March 2009.[32] Its role was "to encourage and support, through research and funding contributions, community-based Aboriginal directed healing initiatives which address the legacy of physical and sexual abuse suffered in Canada’s Indian Residential School System, including inter-generational impacts."[32] In 2007, under the IRSSA, the federal government provided $125 million to the AHF, which was intended to provide five years of funding.[5] Further funding was to come from the money paid by the Catholic entities under section 3.3 of Schedule O-3,[33]: §3.3  of which at least 80% was to be transferred to the AHF.[33]: Schedule C, §5  A court dispute over the amount of money due to the AHF because of this obligation subsequently arose between the government and the Catholic entities.[34]