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November 18, 2022


AFN hasn’t ruled out court challenge to tribunal’s child welfare decision, regional chief says

Legal clocks are ticking for Ottawa, AFN following tribunal’s refusal to declare compensation order fulfilled Brett Forester · CBC News · Posted: Nov 18, 2022 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: November 18 The Assembly of First Nations hasn’t ruled out taking the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to court over its rejection of a multi-billion-dollar proposed class-action settlement with...

October 25, 2022


Ottawa’s $40B First Nations child welfare deal torpedoed by Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

Tribunal says Ottawa’s deal leaves some children out, short-changes others CBC: A key part of a $40 billion dollar First Nations child welfare agreement described as “historic” by the federal government could unravel following a ruling Tuesday by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. The tribunal rejected Ottawa’s $20 billion offer to compensate First Nations children...

October 25, 2022


Update on Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Decision on the Final Settlement Agreement on Compensation

SUMMARY: On October 25, 2022, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) released a letter decision, a summary of its reasons for its decision, confirming that it would not endorse the Final Settlement Agreement (FSA) on Compensation. The CHRT found that the FSA substantially, but not completely, satisfies its orders related to compensation of certain groups...

September 15, 2022


First Nations Child & Family Caring Society Statement: September 15, 2022

The following is in response to the Attorney General of Canada (Canada) and the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) compensation motion being heard by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal today and tomorrow. In February of 2021, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) ordered Canada to pay $40,000 in human rights compensation to First Nations children,...

July 4, 2022


Final settlement agreement reached in $20B First Nations child welfare class action

Deal signed following six months of confidential negotiations but still must be approved by the court and human rights tribunal APTN: The Canadian government and class-action lawyers have reached a final settlement agreement that, if approved, would see $20 billion paid out to victims of the country’s purposefully underfunded First Nations child-welfare system. Thousands of...

April 4, 2022


External review of Indigenous Services Canada’s discriminatory policies against First Nations children

Regina Leader-Post: The work will happen as part of a $40-billion agreement-in-principle reached last December between the federal Liberal government and groups including the Assembly of First Nations, Chiefs of Ontario and lawyers for two related class-action lawsuits. The arrangement will see Ottawa pay $20 billion in compensation to First Nations children who were harmed...

January 26, 2022


CHRT Judicial Reviews

First Judicial Review: Ruling on immediate relief concerning Jordan’s Principle, cited as 2017 CHRT 14 (“the May 26th Orders”). On June 23, 2017, Canada filed an application for judicial review of certain aspects of the May 26th Orders, seeking to quash paragraphs thereof prohibiting Canada from engaging in case conferencing and requiring Canada to complete...

January 4, 2022


Two Agreements-in-Principle

Federal Government – In a total settlement package valued at $40 billion, the AFN, the Government of Canada and other parties signed two Agreements-in-Principle on December 31, 2021. First Agreements-in-Principle proposes a total settlement of $20 billion in compensation to First Nations children and families impacted by discrimination through the FNCFS program and the improper...

October 29, 2021


Federal Government’s Protective Appeal

Toronto Star – The federal government has launched a “protective appeal” of the Federal Court’s Sept. 29, 2021 decision dismissing Ottawa’s appeals of two human rights tribunal rulings concerning First Nations child welfare compensation and protection. The court upheld a 2019 ruling of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal that ordered Ottawa to pay $40,000 —...

August 26, 2021


Compliance and Procedural Orders

On August 26, 2021, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal issued a letter-decision to clarify and reinforce previous rulings for the purpose of ongoing negotiations and communication between all the parties. The CHRT confirms that funding of buildings and additional capital assets that support the delivery of FNCFS and Jordan’s Principle programs and prevention services must...

January 26, 2016


Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) released a ruling (2016 CHRT 2) that found Canada discriminates against First Nations children by providing less child welfare funding to help keep them safe and by not implementing Jordan’s Principle to give them the services they need, when they need them. The CHRT ordered Canada to immediately stop...

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