OTTAWA — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is urging chiefs to vote in favour of a landmark child welfare deal with Ottawa, 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 with Ottawa, 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. "What the Conservative leader has said is that he won't cut into programs that are already in place for Canadians. Based on that, I say let's get this program in place before the next election."
"Common sense Conservatives believe in the path to reconciliation, we support the implementation of Jordan’s Principle, and we support a redress of past injustices and discrimination in child services," he said. Before the deal was announced in July, some chiefs raised concerns that it had been negotiated in secret. Some child welfare experts have also said the deal doesn't go far enough to ensure Canada's discrimination never happens again, and accused the Assembly of First Nations of excluding the Caring Society from the process altogether.
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