Ontario First Nations are leading the charge for child welfare reform, negotiating a new deal with the federal government following criticism of a previous agreement.
First Nations in Ontario are forging their own path with the federal government to reform the child welfare system weeks after critics deemed the deal reached last July insufficient. The Chiefs of Ontario , the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, and the federal government assert that the reforms outlined in a draft child welfare agreement are 'historic and transformative.' This agreement, valued at $47.8 billion over 10 years, was mandated by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
It was rejected by the Assembly of First Nations in October when chiefs opted for a new negotiating team and a more inclusive agreement with Ottawa. First Nations leaders in Ontario, who participated in negotiating the deal and hold standing in the human rights case, maintain that the agreement represents the optimal solution to a decades-long child welfare crisis. It would grant First Nations control over a system the tribunal deemed discriminatory, allocate funding for preventative services to keep children out of the system, and permit higher funding for more remote communities. Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict states that the Ontario chiefs' primary objective remains reducing the number of First Nations children within the provincial system. He emphasizes that communities will have the authority to determine how the programs are implemented
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