Following B.C. Premier David Ebysa国际传媒檚 B.C.sa国际传媒檚 ombudsperson is calling on the government to reconsider the compensation package offered to survivors.

sa国际传媒淭he Doukhobor community deserves a meaningful commitment from government to right this long-standing wrong and trauma that continues to this day,sa国际传媒� said Jay Chalke in a Feb. 27 statement.

sa国际传媒淭hatsa国际传媒檚 why I remain frustrated that the individual compensation our office has been recommending for more than 20 years, has still not been clearly promised.sa国际传媒�

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.

sa国际传媒淭heir parents, Sons of Freedom Doukhobors, were protesting government regulation and their children became the innocent victims of governmentsa国际传媒檚 response to those protests,sa国际传媒� 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.

sa国际传媒淚 welcome the Premiersa国际传媒檚 commitment in the legislature today to work with the Doukhobor community to, as he said, sa国际传媒榤ake this rightsa国际传媒� and I call on him to give priority to individual compensation,sa国际传媒� Chalke said.

sa国际传媒淪uch compensation would allow survivors and their families to, in the Premiersa国际传媒檚 words, sa国际传媒榓ccess the support they need, however it lookssa国际传媒� to support their healing.sa国际传媒�

The Office of the Ombudsperson says it will continue to hold government to account as it follows through on the Premiersa国际传媒檚 commitments.

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