Were still broken: Mtis 60s Scoop ruling offers justice to some, not all [Video]

For Métis siblings Robert Doucette and Eileen Rheindel, a long-awaited court ruling has brought both hope and heartbreak.

On April 29, 2025, Justice Sébastien Grammond of the Federal Court ruled that Canada had a legal duty of care toward Métis and non-status Indian children adopted through the federally funded “Adopt Indian Métis” (AIM) program in Saskatchewan between 1967 and 1969.

Those children, like Rheindel, may now be eligible for compensation.

But children like Robert, who were taken before the AIM program began, will be left out.

“You know, I cried, and I’m going to cry again because… we all equally sufferred,” said Doucette, who was taken from his family in 1962. “We all went through the pain of losing our families,” Doucette said through tears. “It’s gonna take a while to try and work through this. But I guess the march for justice never really ends.”

The AIM program, part …