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.
2025
On March 7, 2025, Nishnawbe Aski Nation and Chiefs of Ontario filed a joint motion to the Tribunal regarding the Final Agreement on Long-Term Reform of the First Nations Child and Family Services Program in Ontario (the “Ontario Final Agreement”) and the Trilateral Agreement in Respect of Reforming the 1965 Agreement.
Canada provides its March 7, 2025, report to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal in keeping with the Tribunal's November 21, 2024 summary ruling.
On March 3, 2025, AFN submits the affidavit of Amber Potts to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal regarding the long-term reform of the First Nations Child and Family Services Program.
On February 24, 2025, COO and NAN submitted their positions to the Tribunal regarding the long-term reform of the FNCFS Program and timelines for submissions in response to the Caring Society's January 14, 2025 motion.
The Caring Society's statement on federal government allegations of misuse of Jordan's Principle.
On February 10, 2025, the Federal Court released an Order sending Canada's judicial review of 2025 CHRT 6 into case management and putting it into abeyance (on pause).
On January 27, 2025, the Caring Society, Canada, and NAN filed submissions to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal regarding the Caring Society's January 14, 2025 motion.
- Caring Society's January 27, 2025, submission to the Tribunal regarding the January 14, 2025 motion
- Canada's January 27, 2025, submission in response to the Caring Society's January 14, 2025, motion
- NAN's January 27, 2025, submission to the Tribunal regarding the Caring Society's January 14, 2025, motion
Canada provides its January 17, 2025, report to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal in keeping with the Tribunal's November 21, 2024 summary ruling.