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.
2017
Amended order concerning Jordan's Principle. See also 2017 CHRT 14.
Caring Society requests intervener status in Shiner v. Attorney General of Canada at Federal Court of Appeal
Manitoba Nurses Union and the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions granted leave to intervene in the judicial review of 2017 CHRT 14
(2017 CHRT 14 is the non-compliance order on Jordan’s Principe issued by the Tribunal against Canada in May 2017)
UNCERD calls on Canada to fully comply with and implement Tribunal rulings
Joint Statement - UNCERD on Discrimination against FN Children
Media Indigena with Rick Harp: Ep. 69
** From 16:02 - 30:18 : Two physicians reflect on the CHRT orders on Jordan's Principle and Canada's motion to dismiss based on timelines **
Unicef Canada blog post "Ten years and four rulings later, First Nations children still waiting for equity"