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.
2018
Tribunal issues non-compliance order (2018 CHRT 4) against Canada on First Nations child welfare. See below for the order, Caring Society Press Release, and Caring Society Information Sheets - including a child-friendly Information Sheet about the decision just for kids!
Interim Report of the National Advisory Committee on First Nations Child and Family Services Program Reform
2017
For Shiner v. Attorney General of Canada, The Federal Court of Appeal orders the Appeal is set down for hearing commencing at 9:30a.m., on Tuesday, February 27, 2018.
Caring Society factum: Shiner v. Attorney General of Canada
Amended order concerning Jordan's Principle. See also 2017 CHRT 14.
Caring Society requests intervener status in Shiner v. Attorney General of Canada at Federal Court of Appeal
Manitoba Nurses Union and the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions granted leave to intervene in the judicial review of 2017 CHRT 14
(2017 CHRT 14 is the non-compliance order on Jordan’s Principe issued by the Tribunal against Canada in May 2017)
UNCERD calls on Canada to fully comply with and implement Tribunal rulings