Canadian Human Rights Tribunal awarded approximately $2B in damages to 54,000 First Nations children apprehended since 2006 by child welfare authorities under the direction of federal government policies. The CHRT has ordered Canada to begin discussions with the Assembly of Forst Nations (AFN) and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society (FNCFCS) partners in the joint complaint at the CHRT, to establish an independent process for distributing compensation to the children and parents or grandparents covered by this decision.
The CHRT has ordered Canada to provide compensation of up to $40,000 to:

• all First Nation children who were unnecessarily apprehended on or after January 1, 2006
• all parents or grandparents of children unnecessarily apprehended on or after January 1, 2006
• all children denied an essential service (Jordan’s Principle) between December 12, 2007 and November 2, 2017