Minister files judicial review of First Nations child welfare agreement
The federal government wants clarity on why two Ontario First Nations were excluded from the $8.5 billion child welfare deal, and says funding will keep flowing.
- On Friday, Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty filed a partial judicial review of a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal decision regarding an $8.5 billion child-welfare agreement with First Nations in Ontario.
- The $8.5 billion agreement resolves a 2007 dispute where the tribunal ruled the federal government discriminated against First Nations children in on-reserve welfare funding.
- Gull-Masty seeks to clarify why two First Nations were excluded in a March decision letter, though she affirmed the review will not impede funds flowing when the agreement takes effect in May.
- First Nations leaders in Ontario expressed disappointment over the review filing last week but remain encouraged that agreement implementation will proceed on schedule.
- As the first jurisdiction to approve such reforms, Ontario's experience may set a precedent for future federal agreements and tribunal resolution of on-reserve funding disputes.
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Minister files partial judicial review of Ontario First Nation child welfare decision
OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty says her government has filed a partial judicial review of a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal decision for a child welfare agreement she struck with First Nations in Ontario. That $8.
First Nations child welfare reform money will flow on May 29
The minister of Indigenous Services Canada says it is moving ahead on an $8.5 billion deal to provide long-term reform in the First Nations child welfare system in Ontario and that money will start flowing at the end of May. “What this means, fewer children in care, fewer children entering care for the first time, shorter stays when intervention is needed and more and more children growing up with their families and their culture in community,” …
Gull-Masty explains that this legal remedy is intended to clarify the exclusion of two First Nations.
The Toronto Star
Minister files judicial review of First Nations child welfare agreement
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty says her government has filed a judicial review on a child welfare agreement she struck with First Nations in Ontario.
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