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. 

2011

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
Amnesty International Factum in support of Judicial Review of Chair Chotalia's decision to dismiss the child welfare case
October 18, 2011
Chiefs of Ontario Factum in Support of Judicial Review of Tribunal Decision to Dismiss
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
July 6, 2011

Hearing dates for Judicial Review of Tribunal Chair's decision to dismiss the complaint

July 5, 2011
Order consolidating all Judicial Reviews of Tribunal Chair Chotalia's decision to dismiss and timetable for submissions