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
Amnesty International files Notice of Appearance to the Federal Court re: ISC's application for judicial review
Canadian Human Rights Commission files Notice of Appearance to the Federal Court re: ISC's application for judicial review
Read the transcript of Ms. Nathalie Nepton, Director General of the First Nations Child and Family Services program within the Child and Family Services Reform sector at Indigenous Services Canada. The cross-examination was part of a motion filed by the Caring Society with respect to First Nations children and families living on-reserve and in the Yukon who received child and family services from provincial/territorial service providers.
Nishnawbe Aski Nation files Notice of Appearance to the Federal Court re: ISC's application for judicial review
Chiefs of Ontario file Notice of Appearance to the Federal Court re: ISC's application for judicial review
Caring Society files Notice of Appearance to Federal Court re: ISC's application for judicial review
2020
Order from the Federal Court - Justice Paul Favel is assigned to case management.
AFN files Notice of Appearance to the Federal Court.
Canada files for judicial review with the Federal Court of the CHRT's rulings (2020 CHRT 20 and 2020 CHRT 36) on the groups of children eligible to receive services through Jordan's Principle.
Importantly, both 2020 CHRT 20 and 2020 CHRT 36 remain in place while the judicial review is underway. Canada must adhere to the Tribunal’s orders and provide services to children eligible under one of the four criteria, including children recognized by their Nation for the purposes of Jordan’s Principle, pending a decision from the Federal Court.
The CHRT releases 2020 CHRT 36 on the groups of children eligible to receive services through Jordan's Principle. The CHRT rules that cases meeting any one of the four criteria are eligible for consideration under Jordan's Principle. Those criteria are the following:
- The child is registered or eligible to be registered under the Indian Act, as amended from time to time;
- The child has one parent/guardian who is registered or eligible to be registered under the Indian Act;
- The child is recognized by their Nation for the purposes of Jordan’s Principle; or
- The child is ordinarily resident on reserve.