Child Welfare Reform

• First Nations chiefs in Ontario to vote on federal child welfare reform deal

  First Nations chiefs in Ontario are voting on whether to accept a child welfare reform deal with the federal government as an election approaches.

  Canada

  Feb 26, 2025
  
• AFN, Ottawa finalize $47.8B deal on child-welfare reform

  Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak got cheers as she made the announcement on the floor of the annual general assembly in Montreal on Thursday.

  Canada

  Jul 11, 2024
  
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• AFN chief concerned with Saskatchewan minister’s ‘lobbyist’ comment

  AFN Chief Perry Bellegarde said, with Saskatchewan's high rates of Indigenous children in care, the status quo in the province is not acceptable.

  Canada

  Apr 26, 2019
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• Saskatchewan’s social services minister wanted meeting without Indigenous groups

  Paul Merriman and other ministers met to discuss, among other things, Bill C-92, legislation aimed at reducing the over-representation of Indigenous children in foster care.

  Canada

  Apr 25, 2019