CEP Reconsideration Process

By now, many people have received their CEP payments. However, there are also many people who did not get as much as they had hoped. If you are one of those people whose claim was rejected as a whole or in part, there is something you can do.

This process is called reconsideration. Every applicant has the right to reconsideration, except:

• Where the school applied for is not a recognized Indian Residential School;
• When the person for whom the application is made died prior to May 30, 2005; or prior to October 5, 1996 for those who attended the Mohawk Institute Residential Boarding School.

You need to fill out an application for request for Reconsideration of the Common Experience Payment.

When filling out the application, we urge you to put as much details and evidence as you can remember. We realize that the events happened a long time ago, however, anything you can remember can help your claim. Pictures, yearbooks, the names of teachers, school principals and others who worked at the school, the names of fellow students and their phone number so they can be contacted, any school records, or any particular events (i.e., McIntosh burning down) can help prove your attendance and should be included.

Please remember the deadline for applying for the initial Common Experience Payment is September 19, 2011.

If you have any questions, please give us a call at 1-800-465-5581 or come see us at 86 S. Cumberland St. in Thunder Bay.

Applications may be submitted by mail, fax, email or telephone to:

Common Experience Payment Response Centre
P.O. Box 5260
Nepean LCD Merivale
Ottawa, ON K2C 3H5

Fax: 1-866-352-4080

E-mail:  

CEP Response Centre Toll Free: 1-866-565-4526