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First Nations call for audit of Human Rights Commission following death of 3 year old
First Nations allege systemic discrimination and delays in addressing fire service funding complaints, with children under 10 facing an 86-fold higher fire death risk, Statistics Canada reports.
- On Wednesday, the Independent First Nations Alliance called for a federal auditor general investigation into the Canadian Human Rights Commission, citing critical delays in a complaint alleging systemic underfunding of on-reserve fire services.
- Filed in August 2025, the complaint alleges Indigenous Services Canada discriminates against the five member nations, with the alliance reporting no communication from the commission since October.
- A house fire in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug on Monday killed Chief Donny Morris' three-year-old grandson and injured two others, underscoring the immediate human cost of inadequate fire infrastructure.
- Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty is expected to address the Nishnawbe Aski Nation in Toronto on Thursday, as the alliance demands accountability, stating, "There needs to be accountability, and there needs to be action."
- Statistics Canada data shows First Nations people are 10 times more likely to die in fires than others, while the group points to a roughly 20-year-old unresolved child welfare case as precedent for commission delays.
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The recent death of the three-year-old grandson of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Chief Donny Morris has prompted renewed calls for Ottawa to take action. The Oji-Cree community in northwestern Ontario and a tribal council launched a human rights complaint seven months ago against Indigenous Services Canada, arguing systemic discrimination is behind chronic underfunding of on-reserve fire services.
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First Nations call for audit of Human Rights Commission following death of 3 year old
OTTAWA - A First Nations group is calling on the federal auditor general to investigate the Canadian Human Rights Commission, arguing its delay in hearing a case about funding for
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