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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2016

February 18, 2016

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.

February 10, 2016

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. 

January 26, 2016

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. 

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January 26, 2016

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. 

January 26, 2016

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. 

January 22, 2016

Tribunal Briefing Note 

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January 6, 2016

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

January 6, 2016

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

January 6, 2016

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

January 6, 2016

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