National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, second right, walks during the grand entry at the Assembly of First Nations annual general assembly in Montreal, Tuesday, July 9, 2024.
National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, second right, walks during the grand entry at the Assembly of First Nations annual general assembly in Montreal in July. First Nations chiefs from across Canada are calling for a new negotiation process after voting to reject a settlement agreement on long-term reform of First Nations child and family services.
The resolution directs the AFN executive committee to establish a national Children's Chiefs Commission with regional representation to provide direction and oversight of the long-term reform agreement negotiations. Cindy Blackstock, executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, called the vote "an important reset moment." The Caring Society was an original complainant at the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
"We still have a mandate in Ontario to move forward so that's exactly what we're going to be doing," she said.Ontario was the only region directly involved in negotiations, due the two organizations' intervener status in the human rights complaint.In British Columbia, both the Squamish Nation and Tŝilhqot'in National Government expressed concerns before Thursday's vote.
Even so, the decision to vote against the agreement was emotional, difficult and exhausting, Haymond added, describing the mood in his caucus room Friday morning as sombre."We didn't get any joy out of the decision," said Haymond, who is also chief of Kebaowek First Nation in western Quebec.
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