APTN News source threatened with banishment from community in northwestern Ontario
Band council is threatening to BCR source from community, but is that legal?
Child Welfare
Parliamentary budget office says cost of compensating First Nations families sits at $15B
‘That’s easily $10 billion more than if Justin Trudeau had done the right thing,’ says NDP’s Charlie Angus.
Cash still a question mark with Indigenous child welfare reform law
Canada facing 10th non-compliance motion at Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
Canada sending ‘mixed messages’ on Jordan’s Principle as advocacy groups get set for showdown in court
Organizations are ready for court battle over rights of non-status First Nations kids
Brandon baby returned after Dakota Ojibway CFS takes over from non-Indigenous agency
‘It’s been a happy whirlwind,’ says mom
The foster child, sexual allegations and fashion mogul Peter Nygard
‘Jane Doe No. 44’ claims she was 14 when company founder paid for ‘oral sex’
Families subjected to birth alerts deserve an apology, says B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth
The B.C. government ‘should acknowledge how wrong and harmful this practice was’
Indigenous leaders call on B.C. government to notify parents subjected to ‘illegal and unconstitutional’ birth alerts
‘There needs to be an apology… and that’s just the first step’
Several Canadian provinces still issue birth alerts, deemed ‘unconstitutional and illegal’ in B.C.
Atlantic provinces and Quebec are amongst the jurisdictions that use the practice.
