This document sets out the main myths being advanced about Canada’s proposed plan to permanently end its discriminatory conduct in First Nations Child and Family Services (often called long term reform) and explains what those claims mean in practical terms for First Nations.

This document demonstrates how, if the Canadian government had acted on evidence‑based, First Nations‑led solutions to address severe inequities in First Nations children’s services when they were clearly identified decades ago, First Nations children would not have lost their lives, families, and childhoods—and Canada would not now be paying $23.4 billion in compensation for preventable harm.