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Did Canada and the CIA pay?

Access, money and responsibility in Montreal.

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No one was ever made to pay.

At the 2026 House hearing, Chairwoman Luna said: “No victim was ever formally compensated.” [1] In Canada, the United States successfully claimed immunity, so the CIA cannot be sued there. [2]

The sources

  1. U.S. House Committee on Oversight: Mind Control and Accountability: Uncovering the Truth of the CIA’s MKULTRA Project, hearing record (30 June 2026), GovInfo ↗

    Printed transcript of the task force hearing, including members’ questions and witnesses’ answers.

  2. Consumer Law Group: Allan Memorial Institute Experiments class action, case page and filings ↗

    Plaintiffs’ counsel’s docket page: the 2023 immunity ruling for the United States, the 2025 authorization, the refusal of leave to appeal and the 2026 filing. An interested party’s page.

What was paid

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Three payments, no court verdict.

The CIA paid $750,000 to settle the Orlikow suit in 1988. [1] Canada paid $100,000 each to qualifying patients under the 1992–94 plan, on an ex gratia basis; about 70 were paid and hundreds rejected. [2][3] Ottawa paid Alison Steel $100,000 in 2017, under a non-disclosure agreement. [3]

The United States has been dismissed from the Quebec class action on immunity grounds. [4] The claim against Canada, McGill and the Royal Victoria Hospital continues.

The sources

  1. New York Times: C.I.A. Near Settlement of Lawsuit By Subjects of Mind-Control Tests (6 October 1988) ↗

    Contemporary report on the $750,000 settlement with nine former Cameron patients.

  2. Justice Canada — Allan Memorial Institute Depatterned Persons Assistance Plan ↗

    Justice Canada’s administrative description dates the assistance plan to November 16, 1992–January 31, 1994. It describes eligibility and records, not comprehensive compensation for all victims.

  3. CBC News: After 60 years, Ottawa compensates daughter of CIA brainwashing experiments victim (2017) ↗

    Reports the 2017 settlement with Alison Steel and background on the 1992 plan.

  4. Consumer Law Group: Allan Memorial Institute Experiments class action, case page and filings ↗

    Plaintiffs’ counsel’s docket page: the 2023 immunity ruling for the United States, the 2025 authorization, the refusal of leave to appeal and the 2026 filing. An interested party’s page.

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