I am a Witness: Tribunal 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.
2020
The AGC submits its reply submissions regarding the Panel's February 20, 2020 request for documents from the Respondent.
In a new ruling (2020 CHRT 7), the Tribunal rules on three questions where the Caring Society, AFN and Canada did not reach a consensus and required further guidance from the Tribunal with regard to the draft “Framework for the Payment of Compensation under 2019 CHRT 39.”
ISC provides the full Technical Information Package on Bill C-92, the Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families (the Act).
Chiefs of Ontario submits the following documents to the Tribunal: Chief's of Ontario amended April 14, 2020 written reply submissions re: March 4 AGC submissions, and Book of Authorities.
NAN's submissions regarding Canada's March 4, 2020 submissions and Affidavit of Odi Dashsambuu.
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada submissions to the CHRT include "Written Submission re: Documents and submissions provided by Canada on March 4, 2020 in response to Tribunal's February 20, 2020 information request" and affidavit of Cindy Blackstock.
AFN Response Submissions re: Canada's Program Manuals (in AGC March 4, 2020 submissions)
Submissions of the Canadian Human Rights Commission responding to Canada’s submissions dated March 4, 2020, on documents requested by the Panel.
Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer's releases their report on First Nations Child Welfare: Compensation for Removals
Letter from the Tribunal answering questions on eligibility for compensation for First Nations children and parents (2019 CHRT 39).
AG Submissions (plus affidavit of Lorri Warner) responding to CHRT letter from February 20, 2020
Caring Society submits report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, "Canada’s Ongoing Racial Discrimination Against 165,000 First Nations Children and Their Families", for Canada's Fifth and Sixth Periodic Report.
NAN's Notice of Motion regarding interim relief: National Remoteness Quotient Table