Canada: Indigenous advocates question who PM is consulting with on First Nations kids ruling
Canadian Press – October 20, 2021
Some Indigenous advocates and leaders say they don’t know who Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is talking about when he says Ottawa is holding consultations on a ruling that affirms the need to compensate First Nations children. Speaking about the ruling in B.C. on Monday, Trudeau said “we are consulting with Indigenous partners and leaders” and looking at the “implications” of the decision. Cindy Blackstock, executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, one of the litigants, says that comment came as a surprise because her group hasn’t heard anything. The Chiefs of Ontario, also a party to the case, confirmed in a statement “it has not been consulted by the prime minister or the government of Canada on these matters through any of the mechanisms we have established to discuss the implementation of the tribunal’s orders.”
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