I am a Witness: Tribunal Timeline & Documents

The Assembly of First Nations has filed its submissions regarding immediate relief. 

As reported on CBC News, the federal government will not appeal the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling which found it discriminated against First Nations children by inequitably funding for child welfare services on reserves. 

The Caring Society submits its recommendations to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal for immediate relief remedies. 

On the February 17, 2016 broadcast of CBC's The National,  Peter Mansbridge announced that the federal government will not appeal the recent ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal that found the government discriminated against 163,000 First Nations children. 

In a letter dated February 18, 2016 the Caring Society's attorneys wrote to the Department of Justice to confirm Mansbridge's statement.

Following its January 26 ruling on the First Nations child welfare case, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal requested parties to submit clarifications regarding immediate relief items. 

Kids win! In a landmark ruling, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal finds the Canadian government is racially discriminating against 165,000 First Nations children. Read the ruling, information sheets that describe the case and its implications, and the press release below. 

Kids win! In a landmark ruling, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal finds the Canadian government is racially discriminating against 165,000 First Nations children. Read the ruling, information sheets that describe the case and its implications, and the press release below. 

Kids win! In a landmark ruling, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal finds the Canadian government is racially discriminating against 165,000 First Nations children. Read the ruling, information sheets that describe the case and its implications, and the press release below. 

Tribunal Briefing Note 

Here, we present immediate action reforms to existing federal funding approaches for First Nations child welfare.

Here, we present immediate action reforms to existing federal funding approaches for First Nations child welfare.

Here, we present immediate action reforms to existing federal funding approaches for First Nations child welfare.

Here, we present immediate action reforms to existing federal funding approaches for First Nations child welfare.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission issues its final report. Volume 5, which deals with the legacy of Indian residential schools, includes a chapter which describes a child welfare system in crisis. 

The Caring Society provides a letter giving an update on the Tribunal and the timing of the decision.

Caring Society executive director Cindy Blackstock calls on newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to put an end to inequalities for First Nations children, in a letter dated October 20, 2015. For more about the First Nations child welfare human rights case, and Cindy's hopes for the new government, read this story on APTN National News. 

The Aboriginal Children in Care Working Group, made up of departmental ministers across the provinces and territories, releases its report to Canada's premiers.

The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal finds the federal government did retaliate against Cindy Blackstock.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada publishes, after six years of research, its findings and calls to action. 

The Caring Society submits the report Canada knows better and is not doing better to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights working group. The document evidences discrimination in child welfare services on reserve and in the Yukon. 

Tribunal denies Canada's request to exclude documents.

Procedural Diagram: First Nations child welfare human rights case (2007- July 2015)

Closing arguments on Canadian Human Rights Tribunal case.