First Nations Compensation

• Fiscal update will set aside $40B to compensate First Nations kids, minister says

  A Court ruling from earlier in the fall upheld orders for Ottawa to pay $40,000 in damages to each of the thousands of First Nations children removed from their homes.

  Canada

  Dec 13, 2021
  
• Court denies federal bid to delay First Nations children compensation

  The federal government wanted the court to remove any deadline for payment and give it a chance to come up with a compensation package outside the confines of the order.

  Canada

  Nov 29, 2019
  
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• Advocate blasts government’s challenge of court ruling on First Nations child services

  In a ruling last month, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal found that the federal government “willfully and recklessly” discriminated against children living on reserves.

  Canada

  Oct 5, 2019