OTTAWA — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is urging chiefs to vote in favour of a landmark child welfare deal, saying she doesn't think a better agreement would be possible under a different federal government.
OTTAWA — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is urging chiefs to vote in favour of a landmark child welfare deal, saying she doesn't think a better agreement would be possible under a different federal government.
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal said that was discriminatory and tasked Canada with coming to an agreement with First Nations to reform the system, along with compensating children who were torn from their families and put in foster care. "You don't have to be a political scientist to figure out that there's a good chance we will be with a different government sooner than later," she said to chiefs and delegates.
Chiefs in Ontario voted in support of the agreement last week, but the AFN special assembly is set to discuss three resolutions this week calling for the deal to be struck down or renegotiated. In an Aug. 12 letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu and Woodhouse Nepinak, the Squamish Nation said the agreement won't address the systemic discrimination identified by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
As of Wednesday, Khelsilem says the Squamish Nation has not received a response from either Canada or the Assembly of First Nations.
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