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. 

2012

August 9, 2012

Access to Information (ATIP - A-2012-01041 1799-1825) - First Nations Child and Family Services Program: The Way Forward

Presentation to Francoise Ducros by Odette Johnston

This presentation outlines significant financial pressures and risks associated with funding for the child welfare system specifically in the First Nations Child and Family Services Program.

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August 7, 2012
Canada's submissions on Caring Society motion to amend the complaint to include retaliation by Canada
July 30, 2012

Procedural Diagram: First Nations child welfare human rights case (2007- July 2012)

July 23, 2012
Caring Society motion to strike KPMG expert report:  Notice of Motion Written Submissions
July 10, 2012
Acting Tribunal Chair orders three member panel to hear First Nations child welfare case
July 5, 2012
Cindy Blackstock's affidavit regarding motion to amend the complaint to include retaliation by Canada
July 2012
Special education human rights case filed by the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation remains ongoing.
The complaint, filed in 2009, is about the inequality between the special education services provided to First Nations and non-First Nations children in Canada. Visit the website to learn more.
May 28, 2012
Notice to Appear before Federal Court of Appeal - Chiefs of Ontario
May 25, 2012
Notice to Appear before Federal Court of Appeal - Amnesty International
May 24, 2012
Notice to Appear before Federal Court of Appeal - Caring Society
May 23, 2012
Notice to Appear before Federal Court of Appeal - Assembly of First Nations
May 22, 2012
Notice to Appear before Federal Court of Appeal - Canadian Human Rights Commission 
May 18, 2012

Canada appeals Federal Court ruling calling for a full hearing on child welfare complaint Read the court documents Read the Caring Society News Release

April 18, 2012

Federal Court sets aside Chair Chotalia's decision to dismiss the First Nations child welfare case and returns the matter to Canadian Human Rights Tribunal for a new hearing

Read the full Reasons for Judgment
Read a summary of the Judgment

March 15, 2012
Caring Society not granted leave to make oral arguments in Moore case. Read the SCC Order Motion here.
February 20, 2012
Caring Society Factum in support of Moore case
February 20, 2012
Caring Society Book of Authorities in support of Moore case
February 13-15, 2012

Judicial review (appeal) of Tribunal Chair Chotalia’s decision to dismiss the complaint is heard in Federal Court 

January 30, 2012

Caring Society granted intervenor status in SCC case dealing with how public schools treat special needs children Click here to read a summary of the Moore case

January 12, 2012

Summary of the positions of the parties to the Judicial Review (Appeal) of Canadian Human Rights Chair Chotalia’s decision to dismiss the First Nations child welfare case

2011

November 23, 2011
Applicants' Memorandum of Fact and Law
November 17, 2011
Canada's Memorandum of Fact and Law
November 14, 2011
Report released: KisKisik Awasisak: Remember the Children, Understanding the Overrepresentation of First Nations Children in the Child Welfare System
October 19, 2011
INAC and Auditor General of Canada appear before Standing Committee on Public Accounts
October 18, 2011
Chiefs of Ontario Factum in Support of Judicial Review of Tribunal Decision to Dismiss
October 18, 2011
Amnesty International Factum in support of Judicial Review of Chair Chotalia's decision to dismiss the child welfare case
October 4, 2011
Caring Society factum for Federal Court Judicial Review of CHRT decision
October 4, 2011
Assembly of First Nations factum for Federal Court Judicial Review of the CHRT decision
October 3, 2011
Canadian Human Rights Commission Factum for Federal Court appeal of Tribunal decision to dismiss
July 15, 2011
Attorney General's Affidavit Judicial Review application