Caring society files motion to force Canada back to negotiating table on child welfare reform (APTN)

Chiefs in Ontario decided last week to continue negotiating and refining the existing FSA. Then Patty Hajdu, minister of Indigenous Services wrote to the AFN national chief saying the government’s mandate “does not permit further negotiations at a national level.” That seemed to cut First Nations outside Ontario out of future negotiations.

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First Nations leaders have been forced back into litigation over child welfare, according to Cindy Blackstock, executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society (Caring Society)

Blackstock said she has filed a motion with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (Tribunal) to force Canada back to the table to negotiate with First Nations outside of Ontario on a deal to reform the on reserve child welfare system for First Nations outside Ontario…

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January 16, 2025