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.
2016
The Department of Justice responds to the Tribunal's request for clarification regarding immediate relief remedies.
Short summary of the process set out by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to refine immediate relief, medium term reform and long term reform.
The Assembly of First Nations has filed its submissions regarding immediate relief.
As reported on CBC News, the federal government will not appeal the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling which found it discriminated against First Nations children by inequitably funding for child welfare services on reserves.
The Caring Society submits its recommendations to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal for immediate relief remedies.
On the February 17, 2016 broadcast of CBC's The National, Peter Mansbridge announced that the federal government will not appeal the recent ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal that found the government discriminated against 163,000 First Nations children.
In a letter dated February 18, 2016 the Caring Society's attorneys wrote to the Department of Justice to confirm Mansbridge's statement.
Following its January 26 ruling on the First Nations child welfare case, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal requested parties to submit clarifications regarding immediate relief items.
Kids win! In a landmark ruling, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal finds the Canadian government is racially discriminating against 165,000 First Nations children. Read the ruling, information sheets that describe the case and its implications, and the press release below.
Kids win! In a landmark ruling, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal finds the Canadian government is racially discriminating against 165,000 First Nations children. Read the ruling, information sheets that describe the case and its implications, and the press release below.
Kids win! In a landmark ruling, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal finds the Canadian government is racially discriminating against 165,000 First Nations children. Read the ruling, information sheets that describe the case and its implications, and the press release below.