Timeline & Documents

The timeline below chronicles the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal case on inequitable funding for First Nations child welfare, which the Tribunal ruled amounts to discrimination.  

View the pre-Tribunal timeline for a history of First Nations child and family services funding leading up the case. 

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2017

March 17, 2017

Response to Tribunal letter regarding access by the public to documents that have been filed since 2016 CHRT 2.

March 14, 2017

Submissions of the Attorney General of Canada regarding motions of non-compliance.

March 7, 2017

Submissions of the Canadian Human Rights Commission on the Caring Society's Motion on Jordan's Principle and on the Motions filed by the parties with respect to the FNCFCS Program and the 1965 Agreement.

February 28, 2017

Caring Society Written Submissions (factum) - Motions regarding Canada’s failure to comply with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal’s orders regarding immediate relief

February 28, 2017

Assembly of First Nations Written Submissions (factum) to Enforce Respondent's Full Compliance with the Decision of the Canadian Human Right Tribunal (2016 CHRT 2) and the Panel's Remedial Orders

February 28, 2017

Chiefs of Ontario submissions on immediate relief.

February 28, 2017

Nishnawbe Aski Nation submissions on immediate relief

February 18, 2017

Information Sheet: Key Points from Cross-Examination of Federal Officials on Motions of Non-Compliance

January 30, 2017

Assembly of First Nations response to affidavits submitted by the federal government (see January 25, 2017 timeline entry) 

January 29, 2017

Chiefs of Ontario response to affidavits submitted by the federal government (see January 25, 2017 timeline entry) 

January 27, 2017

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) amended notice of motion for immediate relief (see also timeline entry of December 20, 2016)

January 25, 2017

Affidavits submitted by the federal government in response to the motions of non-compliance

January 6, 2017

Tribunal informs all parties that matters related to Jordan's Principle will be heard during the compliance hearings scheduled for March 22-24, 2017

January 5, 2017

Caring Society affidavit on Canada’s failure to comply with the Tribunal’s orders on child welfare and the need for immediate relief (see also timeline entry of December 17, 18 & 20, 2016)

2016

December 20, 2016

Assembly of First Nations affidavits on Canada’s failure to comply with the Tribunal’s orders on child welfare and the need for immediate relief

December 20, 2016

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) affidavits on Canada’s failure to comply with the Tribunal’s orders on child welfare and the need for immediate relief

December 17, 18 & 20, 2016

Caring Society affidavits on Canada’s failure to comply with the Tribunal’s orders on child welfare and the need for immediate relief (see also timeline entry of January 5, 2017)

December 16, 2016

Chiefs of Ontario (COO) affidavit on Canada’s failure to comply with the Tribunal’s orders on child welfare and the need for immediate relief

December 16, 2016

Caring Society submissions on Canada's failure to comply with the Tribunal's orders on Jordan's Principle

December 9, 2016

Caring Society submission to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on the human rights situation of Indigenous children in Canada

December 9, 2016

Caring Society submission to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on the human rights situation of Indigenous children in Canada

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December 9, 2016

Caring Society submission to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on the human rights situation of Indigenous children in Canada

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December 9, 2016

Caring Society submission to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on the human rights situation of Indigenous children in Canada

December 9, 2016

Caring Society submission to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on the human rights situation of Indigenous children in Canada

December 8, 2016

AFN Special Chiefs Assembly Resolution on INAC’s Child Welfare Reform Engagement Strategy

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December 2016

Updated with revised contact details! Information Sheet: Jordan’s Principle Questions and Answers

November 22, 2016

AFN motion of non-compliance v. Attorney General of Canada

November 22, 2016

NAN motion of non-compliance v. Attorney General of Canada

November 22, 2016

Caring Society motion of non-compliance v. Attorney General of Canada

November 22, 2016

COO motion of non-compliance v. Attorney General of Canada