Indigenous Child Welfare Compensation
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Indigenous child welfare settlement will get $3B more from feds, AFN saysThe assembly, along with the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, announced the money today as part of a revised compensation package now totalling $23 billion.CanadaApr 3, 2023
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Indigenous advocate asks AFN chiefs to ensure ‘no child is left behind’ in settlementCindy Blackstock raised concerns that the agreement wouldn't provide $40,000 in compensation to all eligible claimants, which is the amount the tribunal ruled they should get.CanadaDec 7, 2022
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Feds ask for judicial review of $40B Indigenous child welfare settlementFederal ministers said a review would not impede work with the parties to determine how to distribute compensation to children and families in areas of agreement.CanadaNov 23, 2022
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$40B First Nations child welfare settlement doesn’t satisfy order, tribunal saysIn 2019, the tribunal ordered the federal government to compensate First Nations children and families after ruling that Ottawa had discriminated against First Nations children.CanadaOct 25, 2022
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Saskatchewan First Nations leaders respond to the Indigenous Child Welfare compensation dealSaskatchewan leaders react to the details of the Indigenous Child Welfare Compensation that were released today by the federal government.CanadaJan 4, 2022
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