Premier Kathleen Wynne: The settlement awards roughly $32.7 million to survivors of the two institutions and compels Premier Kathleen Wynne to issue a written apology . Wynne apologized on the floor of the Ontario legislature last year to survivors of Huronia Regional Centre, another institution where residents say they suffered widespread abuse, according to The Star. When I was a 4 and a half years old, I got beaten up by staff and sexually assaulted, and we couldnt do nothing about it. It was hard on me. I know other people had as bad abuse, too, said McKillop to a courtroom full of survivors and supporters. I stand up for a lot of people who dont have a voice. I am proud of what I am doing for them, too and An Ontario judge has approved the settlement reached in the cases of Rideau Regional Centre and Southwestern Regional Centre, two institutions where people with intellectual and physical disabilities say they suffered widespread abuse at the hands of staff and other residents. David McKillop stood up in court, steadying himself on a cane, and spoke for the thousands who were subjected to abuse at the hands of staff and residents at Rideau Regional Centre, where he stayed as a child.
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