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.
2016
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada submits its second compliance report to the Tribunal
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Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada submits its second compliance report to the Tribunal
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Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada submits its second compliance report to the Tribunal
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Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada submits its second compliance report to the Tribunal
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MP Charlie Angus (NDP) introduces a motion in the House of Commons to force the government to comply with the Tribunal ruling. The motion passes unanimously on November 1, 2016. Click below for full text of the motion and debate.
Manitoba legislature passes motion calling on Canada to comply with the CHRT decisions and implement Jordan's Principle.
Click below for full text of the motion and debate.
On Friday, October 3, 2016, INAC filed its First Nations child and family services (CFS) funding methodology and costing analysis with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. The attachments in the following .zip folder confirm that Budget 2016 and provincial/territorial CFS funding forecasts for future years were developed prior to the January 26, 2016 ruling.
On Friday, October 3, 2016, INAC filed its First Nations child and family services (CFS) funding methodology and costing analysis with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. The attachments in the following .zip folder confirm that Budget 2016 and provincial/territorial CFS funding forecasts for future years were developed prior to the January 26, 2016 ruling.
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) submits its response to the Tribunal compliance order issued September 14, 2016. The Tribunal ordered INAC to provide:
a. The rationale and any other relevant information used by INAC to determine its five year plan for investing in the First Nations Child and Family Services program.
b. Correspondence with the Province of Ontario referred to in a previous submission.
The Caring Society makes a submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance: Pre-Budget Consultations for the 2017/2018 Federal Budget, called "Federal Government's failure to comply with Three Legal Orders to End Racial Discrimination Against 163,000 First Nations Children and Their Families"