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.
2020
Caring Society submits letter and procedural protocol responding to NAN's submissions dated May 13, 2020.
AGC, AFN submit letters to the CHRT regarding the Caring Society's letter and procedural protocol.
Caring Society submits letter and procedural protocol responding to NAN's submissions dated May 13, 2020.
AGC, AFN submit letters to the CHRT regarding the Caring Society's letter and procedural protocol.
AGC’s Reply Submissions re: The Panel’s April 22, 2020 request to COO and NAN
Reply of the Assembly of First Nations in response to the submissions of Nishnawbe Aski Nation on April 30 and May 1, 2020 and by the Chiefs of Ontario on May 1, 2020 regarding compensation implementation.
Letter to the CHRT - response of the Caring Society, the Assembly of First Nations (the “AFN”) and the Attorney General of Canada (“Canada”) to the submissions delivered by the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (“NAN”) on April 30, 2020 and by the Chiefs of Ontario (“COO”) on May 1, 2020 and response of the AG agreeing with the response.
Letter to the CHRT - response of the Caring Society, the Assembly of First Nations (the “AFN”) and the Attorney General of Canada (“Canada”) to the submissions delivered by the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (“NAN”) on April 30, 2020 and by the Chiefs of Ontario (“COO”) on May 1, 2020 and response of the AG agreeing with the response.
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Chiefs of Ontario submits written reply submissions re: Compensation Process Framework Pursuant to 2019 CHRT 39 to Tribunal.
NAN makes submissions re Compensation Process: Definition of “Caregiver”
Chiefs of Ontario submits written reply submissions re: Compensation Process Framework Pursuant to 2019 CHRT 39 to Tribunal.
NAN makes submissions re Compensation Process: Definition of “Caregiver”
The AG submits documents for compensation including draft compensation framework, affidavit of Valerie Gideon and Notice Plan.
Caring Society makes submissions on essential services for CFS (plus compendium, affidavit of Cindy Blackstock April 30, 2020, Annex A + B - definitions of essential services).
AFN, Canadian Human Rights Commission, and NAN also submit written submissions regarding compensation to the CHRT.
Caring Society makes submissions on essential services for CFS (plus compendium, affidavit of Cindy Blackstock April 30, 2020, Annex A + B - definitions of essential services).
AFN, Canadian Human Rights Commission, and NAN also submit written submissions regarding compensation to the CHRT.
The AGC submits its reply submissions regarding the Panel's February 20, 2020 request for documents from the Respondent.
In a new ruling (2020 CHRT 7), the Tribunal rules on three questions where the Caring Society, AFN and Canada did not reach a consensus and required further guidance from the Tribunal with regard to the draft “Framework for the Payment of Compensation under 2019 CHRT 39.”
In a new ruling (2020 CHRT 7), the Tribunal rules on three questions where the Caring Society, AFN and Canada did not reach a consensus and required further guidance from the Tribunal with regard to the draft “Framework for the Payment of Compensation under 2019 CHRT 39.”
ISC provides the full Technical Information Package on Bill C-92, the Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families (the Act).
Chiefs of Ontario submits the following documents to the Tribunal: Chief's of Ontario amended April 14, 2020 written reply submissions re: March 4 AGC submissions, and Book of Authorities.
NAN's submissions regarding Canada's March 4, 2020 submissions and Affidavit of Odi Dashsambuu.
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada submissions to the CHRT include "Written Submission re: Documents and submissions provided by Canada on March 4, 2020 in response to Tribunal's February 20, 2020 information request" and affidavit of Cindy Blackstock.
AFN Response Submissions re: Canada's Program Manuals (in AGC March 4, 2020 submissions)
Submissions of the Canadian Human Rights Commission responding to Canada’s submissions dated March 4, 2020, on documents requested by the Panel.
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada submissions to the CHRT include "Written Submission re: Documents and submissions provided by Canada on March 4, 2020 in response to Tribunal's February 20, 2020 information request" and affidavit of Cindy Blackstock.
AFN Response Submissions re: Canada's Program Manuals (in AGC March 4, 2020 submissions)
Submissions of the Canadian Human Rights Commission responding to Canada’s submissions dated March 4, 2020, on documents requested by the Panel.
Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer's releases their report on First Nations Child Welfare: Compensation for Removals
Letter from the Tribunal answering questions on eligibility for compensation for First Nations children and parents (2019 CHRT 39).
AG Submissions (plus affidavit of Lorri Warner) responding to CHRT letter from February 20, 2020
Caring Society submits report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, "Canada’s Ongoing Racial Discrimination Against 165,000 First Nations Children and Their Families", for Canada's Fifth and Sixth Periodic Report.
NAN's Notice of Motion regarding interim relief: National Remoteness Quotient Table
The Chiefs of Ontario submit the Ontario Special Study, Our Children, Our Future: Transforming Child Welfare for the Well-Being of Children and Families to the Tribunal, including the resolution of the COO Chiefs in Assembly regarding the Ontario Special Study.
Parties make submissions on compensation process to the CHRT pursuant to 2019 CHRT 39
Letter from the Tribunal requesting additional documents from Canada
Attorney General submits affidavits of Anne Scotton and François Weldon with respect to NAN's motion on remoteness quotient.
Access to Information (ATIP) documents with Canada's legal fees relating to the case on First Nations child welfare.
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Access to Information (ATIP) documents with Canada's legal fees relating to the case on First Nations child welfare.