Historic Settlement in Indian Hospitals Class Action
March 7, 2025
10th Street Entrance, Brandon Indian Sanatorium, Annual Report of the Sanatorium Board of Manitoba 1954, AR 17-01-001
In a historic event, on Thursday March 6, 2025 the Crown and Survivor and representative plaintiff Ann Hardy announced that they had reached an out-of-court settlement in a Class Action Law Suit holding the federal government to account for discriminatory health care in its Indian Hospitals between 1937 and 1981. This agreement has been five years in the making. While this agreement must still be approved in Federal court, it marks an important moment as Canada and Canadians recognize and acknowledge what Indigenous people have been saying for a long time.
This is a moment for us to pay tribute to the courage and perseverance of Survivors, families, communities and Nations who have seen this process through to this point. It is also a moment for us to pause, remember, and honour those who have not lived to see this agreement become a reality.
Watch the announcement and hear from Class Action representative, Ann Hardy (Charles Camsell Hospital), Key First Nation Councillor Solomon Reece and Eddie Knott Sr. (Miller Bay Hospital) here.