Canada is setting aside $31.2 billion to compensate Indigenous children and families in foster care for suffering discrimination.
Officials said on Monday that it will start paying out once a protracted lawsuit is settled.
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled in 2016 that the federal government allocated fewer funds for child and family services of Indigenous people than for others, pushing more Indigenous children into foster care.
Indigenous Services Minister, Patty Hajdu, said that the money would “implement the necessary funds to ensure long-term reform so that future generations of First Nations children will never have to face the same systemic tragedies."
The compensation decision is set to affect around 55,000 indigenous children.