Go big or go home

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Dear Editor:

Re: Windspeaker article titled "AFN plan before standing committee."

Although I believe that the Assembly of First Nations is trying to act for the best interests of the people they represent, its plan is a bit too ridiculous and I do not agree. I sincerely believe that we, the Indian residential school surviving victims, are in the process of once again being sold down river at a very cheap price in the name of politics.

For many people, a lump sum compensation payment of $10,000, plus three thousand for every year a person spent inside these cold institutions, may sound like a lot, but one has to take into consideration that 20 per cent of a person's gross compensation would go to administration.

I have a better plan than the AFN's. Let's file one huge lawsuit for $500 billion. This should get the attention of those political characters in Ottawa. I always say, if a person is going to file a lawsuit, do so in a very big way. Never mind settling for small amounts.

-Victor Mispounas

Beauval, Sask.