Indigenous 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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Ottawa unveils $40B deal on Indigenous child welfare compensationThe agreement may finally bring an end to a human rights challenge launched 14 years ago, and which has proved a sore point for the government in reconciliation efforts.CanadaJan 4, 2022
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Fiscal update will set aside $40B to compensate First Nations kids, minister saysA 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.CanadaDec 13, 2021
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Former TRC head Murray Sinclair to chair negotiations on federal Indigenous compensationThe Liberal government says Sinclair will aide talks between the federal government and child-welfare advocates in hopes of securing an agreement by the end of December.CanadaNov 10, 2021
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Indigenous leaders call Ottawa’s child compensation appeal a step backwards in reconciliationIndigenous leaders say the federal government's potential appeal of a ruling ordering Ottawa to compensate children removed from their homes is a step backwards in reconciliation.NewsOct 31, 2021
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