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Human rights tribunal approves massive child welfare deal for Ontario First Nations
The tribunal's approval ends a nearly 20-year dispute over underfunding on-reserve child welfare for Ontario First Nations, addressing long-standing discrimination, officials said.
- On Monday, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal approved a landmark child welfare agreement between the federal government and First Nations in Ontario, partially ending a decades-long discrimination case.
- The case began in 2007 when the Assembly and the Family Caring Society filed a human rights complaint; a 2016 tribunal ruling concluded the federal government discriminated by underfunding on-reserve child welfare systems.
- Progress on a national $47.8 billion reform deal stalled in 2024 after chiefs across the country twice rejected the proposal, prompting Ontario leaders to pursue this separate agreement.
- First Nations chiefs in Ontario are scheduled to speak about the decision in Toronto today, while Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty will hold a press conference in Ottawa.
- For First Nations families, the ruling advances a nearly 20-year legal dispute, providing a path toward regional reform after Ontario leaders determined they could not wait for a national accord while children experienced systemic harm.
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Human rights tribunal approves $8.5B child welfare deal for Ontario First Nations
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has approved a landmark First Nations child welfare deal between the federal government and First Nations in Ontario, partially ending a decades-long discrimination case.
·Canada
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The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal approves the Child Protection Agreement between Ottawa and the First Nations of Ontario.
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Human Rights Tribunal set to deliver verdict on First Nations child welfare deal
OTTAWA - The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal is expected to release a decision Monday on a landmark First Nations child welfare deal reached between chiefs in Ontario and the federal
·Toronto, Canada
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