Tribunal rejects Ottawa’s $40B Indigenous child welfare deal

Months after an agreement was struck to compensate the Indigenous children and families harmed by the child welfare system, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has rejected Ottawa’s $40-billion deal. Heather Yourex-West explains why, and what the federal government will do next.

• Indigenous child welfare settlement will get $3B more from feds, AFN says
• $40B First Nations child welfare settlement doesn’t satisfy order, tribunal says