Minister’s office reviewing tribunal order on First Nations child welfare
- Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty is reviewing a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal order for parties involved in a decade-long First Nations child welfare case to resume talks to reform the system after an impasse.
- The tribunal found in 2007 that Ottawa's underfunding of the on-reserve child welfare system was discriminatory, as it provided fewer services to kids living on-reserve than those off-reserve.
- Progress to reach an agreement has faced roadblocks, including a $47.8 billion deal rejected twice by First Nations last year and Ottawa calling the requests unreasonable in May.
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The Office of the Minister of Aboriginal Services, Mandy Gull-Masty, has announced that it is reviewing an order of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal requesting the resumption of negotiations to reform the First Nations child protection system.
Minister’s office reviewing tribunal order on First Nations child welfare
Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty’s office says she is reviewing a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal order for parties involved in a decade-long First Nations child welfare case to resume talks to reform the system after an impasse.

Minister's office reviewing tribunal order on First Nations child welfare
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OTTAWA—The office of the Minister of Aboriginal Services, Mandy Gull-Masty, announced that it was reviewing an order of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal requesting the resumption of negotiations to reform the First Nations child protection system. The order came nine years after the court found that the federal government had discriminated against First Nations children by under-funding the child protection system on reserves. This finding was…
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