<P> The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement ( IRSSA ) is an agreement between the government of Canada and approximately 86,000 Native Canadians who at some point were enrolled as children in the Canadian Indian residential school system , a system which was in place between 1879 and 1996 . The IRSSA recognized the damage inflicted by the residential schools and established a $2 billion compensation package for all former IRS students and , in particular , those who had been abused or otherwise harmed . The agreement , announced in 2006 , was the largest class action settlement in Canadian history . As of December 2012 a total of $1.62 billion has been paid to 78,750 former students . </P>
<P> The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement ( IRSSA ) is an agreement between the government of Canada and approximately 86,000 Native Canadians who at some point were enrolled as children in the Canadian Indian residential school system , a system which was in place between 1879 and 1996 . The IRSSA recognized the damage inflicted by the residential schools and established a $2 billion compensation package for all former IRS students and , in particular , those who had been abused or otherwise harmed . The agreement , announced in 2006 , was the largest class action settlement in Canadian history . As of December 2012 a total of $1.62 billion has been paid to 78,750 former students . </P>
when was the indian residential school settlement agreement signed
when was the indian residential school settlement agreement signed
2006
2006