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. 

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2017

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

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 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 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