OTTAWA -- The federal government remains undecided about whether it will appeal a decision by the Federal Court to uphold two Canadian Human Rights Tribunal orders requiring Ottawa to pay out billions
of dollars to Indigenous children.
“We hope to have a decision on this specific case in the coming days,” said Minister of Justice and Attorney General David Lametti on Wednesday following the Liberal's first cabinet meeting. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken issue with the compensation structure that, under the CHRT ruling, would see the government paying $40,000 to each First Nations child removed from their home after 2006, as well as to their parents or grandparents.Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller also spoke about the case on Wednesday, and when asked which minister was ultimately making the call, Miller said the decision is the government’s to make.
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