Canada: Window closing for Ottawa to appeal ruling to compensate First Nations kids
Canadian Press – October 29, 2021
The Liberal government is expected to reveal today whether it will continue fighting an order directing it to compensate First Nations children removed from their homes. A 30-day legal window is closing for Ottawa to appeal a Federal Court ruling which upheld two historic decisions from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. It found Ottawa discriminated against First Nations children by knowingly underfunding child and family services for those living on reserve. Litigants in the case say this led to thousands of kids being taken away from their families and enduring abuse and suffering in provincial foster care systems. The tribunal said each First Nations child, along with their parents or grandparents, who were separated because of this chronic underfunding were eligible to receive $40,000 each in federal compensation.
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