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.
2022
The Caring Society is granted leave to intervene in the Federal Court of Appeal case between the Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians and Canada.
The reply of the Caring Society as an Intervenor in a Federal Court of Appeal case between the Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians and Canada.
The Final Settlement Agreement for compensation reached between the Assembly of First Nations, class action parties and the Government of Canada.
Federal Court Order on Class Action Notice and Opt-Out Period
Class Action Federal Court legal filings on compensation.
Concluding Observations 2022 UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and information sheet
Reference to the Supreme Court of Canada relating to Bill C92: Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families.
The Federal Court of Appeal orders that Canada's appeal of the Federal Court's decision upholding the decision of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to compensate First Nations victims of Canada's discrimination (2019 CHRT 39) will continue to be held in abeyance until the earliest of September 30, 2022 and the date 15 days following the release of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal’s decision on the approval motion.
The Tribunal orders Canada to fund at actual cost post-majority care to youth ageing out of care and young adults who were formerly in care up to and including age 25 and assess the resources required to extend Jordan's Principle supports to young adults past the age of majority.
The Tribunal issues an amendment to 2021 CHRT 41 based on the consent of the Parties.