The federal government will appeal a Federal Court decision to uphold a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) order requiring Ottawa compensate First Nations children, but plans to resolve the dispute outside of court. Late Friday evening, the government filed a notice of appeal arguing the Federal Court erred in finding that the CHRTC acted “reasonably” by ordering complete compensation for children, their parents, or grandparents for being unnecessarily removed from their communities since 2006.
OTTAWA -- The federal government will appeal a Federal Court decision to uphold a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal order requiring Ottawa compensate First Nations children, but plans to resolve the dispute outside of court.
Moments later, Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu published a statement noting that Ottawa and the Indigenous groups on the other side of the lawsuit have agreed to “sit down immediately” to reach a resolution by December 2021.
In 2019, the tribunal argued Ottawa had “willfully and recklessly” discriminated against First Nations children living on reserve by underfunding child and family services. This led to children being taken from their communities and put into state programs. The government isn’t appeal a second CHRT ruling that expands on Jordan’s Principle – a legal requirement of the federal government to provide necessary services to children, should intergovernmental disputes get in the way of proper funding.
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