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.
2021
AGC v FNCFCSC et al - Memorandums of Fact and Law
Series of 7 Memorandums of Fact and Law:
- of the respondent, Canadian Human Rights Commission ("CHRC")
- of the respondent, Amnesty International
- of the intervener, Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
- of the respondent, First Nations Caring Society of Canada ("FNCFCS")
- of the respondent, Nishnawbe Aski Nation ("NAN")
- of the respondent, Assembly of First Nations ("AFN")
- of Interested party, Chiefs of Ontario ("COO")
- File
AGC v FNCFCSC et al - Memorandums of Fact and Law
Series of 7 Memorandums of Fact and Law:
- of the respondent, Canadian Human Rights Commission ("CHRC")
- of the respondent, Amnesty International
- of the intervener, Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
- of the respondent, First Nations Caring Society of Canada ("FNCFCS")
- of the respondent, Nishnawbe Aski Nation ("NAN")
- of the respondent, Assembly of First Nations ("AFN")
- of Interested party, Chiefs of Ontario ("COO")
AGC v FNCFCSC et al - Memorandums of Fact and Law
Series of 7 Memorandums of Fact and Law:
- of the respondent, Canadian Human Rights Commission ("CHRC")
- of the respondent, Amnesty International
- of the intervener, Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
- of the respondent, First Nations Caring Society of Canada ("FNCFCS")
- of the respondent, Nishnawbe Aski Nation ("NAN")
- of the respondent, Assembly of First Nations ("AFN")
- of Interested party, Chiefs of Ontario ("COO")
- File
AGC v FNCFCSC et al - Memorandums of Fact and Law
Series of 7 Memorandums of Fact and Law:
- of the respondent, Canadian Human Rights Commission ("CHRC")
- of the respondent, Amnesty International
- of the intervener, Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
- of the respondent, First Nations Caring Society of Canada ("FNCFCS")
- of the respondent, Nishnawbe Aski Nation ("NAN")
- of the respondent, Assembly of First Nations ("AFN")
- of Interested party, Chiefs of Ontario ("COO")
- File
AGC v FNCFCSC et al - Memorandums of Fact and Law
Series of 7 Memorandums of Fact and Law:
- of the respondent, Canadian Human Rights Commission ("CHRC")
- of the respondent, Amnesty International
- of the intervener, Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
- of the respondent, First Nations Caring Society of Canada ("FNCFCS")
- of the respondent, Nishnawbe Aski Nation ("NAN")
- of the respondent, Assembly of First Nations ("AFN")
- of Interested party, Chiefs of Ontario ("COO")
- File
AGC v FNCFCSC et al - Memorandums of Fact and Law
Series of 7 Memorandums of Fact and Law:
- of the respondent, Canadian Human Rights Commission ("CHRC")
- of the respondent, Amnesty International
- of the intervener, Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
- of the respondent, First Nations Caring Society of Canada ("FNCFCS")
- of the respondent, Nishnawbe Aski Nation ("NAN")
- of the respondent, Assembly of First Nations ("AFN")
- of Interested party, Chiefs of Ontario ("COO")
- File
AGC v FNCFCSC et al - Memorandums of Fact and Law
Series of 7 Memorandums of Fact and Law:
- of the respondent, Canadian Human Rights Commission ("CHRC")
- of the respondent, Amnesty International
- of the intervener, Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
- of the respondent, First Nations Caring Society of Canada ("FNCFCS")
- of the respondent, Nishnawbe Aski Nation ("NAN")
- of the respondent, Assembly of First Nations ("AFN")
- of Interested party, Chiefs of Ontario ("COO")
The Caring Society, Assembly of First Nations (AFN), Assemblée des premières nations Quèbec-Lafrador (AFNQL), Aseniwuche Winewak Nation (AWN) and Makivik Corporation submit their factums to the Court of Appeal of Quebec in relation to the Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families.
Attorney General of Canada submits its factum to the Quebec Court of Appeal relating to An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families.
Tribunal approves a consent order (2021 CHRT 12) regarding non-Agency Communities providing child and family services.