Youpla victims asking ‘when they should die’ to be eligible for funeral relief, advocates say

Government urged to give ‘certainty’ to more than 13,000 Aboriginal policy holders of defunct fund

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Terminally ill Aboriginal people are asking “when they should die” in order to be eligible for emergency relief set up after the financial collapse of a predatory funeral scheme left thousands of vulnerable Indigenous families without the means to pay for a funeral.

First Nations advocates and victims are urging the federal government to give “certainty” to the more than 13,000 Aboriginal policy holders of the defunct ACBF-Youpla funeral fund as soon as possible.

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