If you want to understand who has benefited most from Canada’s residential school reckoning, look not to the survivors, but to the lawyers and consultants in what critics call the ‘Indian Industry.’
From the 2007 Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) to the present-day push for grave exhumations, federal indigenous policy has funnelled billions not just to victims, but to lawyers, academics, activists, and administrators whose fortunes depend on keeping the narrative of abuse and grievance alive — regardless of the evidence.
