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OTTAWA — The federal government is set to compensate thousands of people who suffered abuse and cultural isolation in native residential schools.
Sources say the price tag could top $4 billion for a deal that would see Ottawa offer lump-sum payments to about 86,000 surviving students or descendants of those who have died.
Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan is expected to join native leaders for a news conference today.
It's the latest in a whopping list of Liberal funding announcements as MPs prepare to hit the election campaign trail next week.
And it's in addition to at least $4 billion to be committed to fight aboriginal poverty when the prime minister attends a first ministers summit later this week in Kelowna, B.C.