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Media Advisory: BCCLA at Supreme Court of Canada to defend the rights of youth in care
March 19, 2024 Ottawa, ON (unceded Anishinabe Algonquin Territory) – The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) will present oral arguments as an intervener at the Supreme Court of Canada’s hearing of Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse v Directrice de la protection de la jeunesse du CISSS de la […]
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Read MoreAlberta First Nations leaders push for new child adoption law – Edmonton Journal
Mar 17, 2024 A group of First Nations in Alberta are pushing for legislation that would ensure First Nations children cannot be taken from their parent or guardians without their written and willing consent. At a press conference on Friday, leaders of the Sovereign First Nations of Treaty No. 8 and supporters gathered at the […]
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Read MoreThe Caring Society’s Non-Compliance Motion v. Canada on Jordan’s Principle
Background: In 2007, the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society (Caring Society) and Assembly of First Nations (AFN) filed a human rights complaint against Canada for its inequitable provision of the First Nations Child & Family Services (FNCFS) Program and flawed approach to Jordan’s Principle. In late 2009, the Chiefs of Ontario (COO) and […]
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Read MoreHow a cabin fuelled a court action over Ontario Métis harvesting rights – CBC
Mar 18, 2024 Province recently ordered the dismantling of the cabin, but court challenge continues The Ontario government just ordered the dismantling of a cabin at the heart of a court challenge over Métis harvesting rights — but the move isn’t enough to resolve the argument over Indigenous rights and traditional territories. The story begins sometime in […]
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Read MoreAMC-FNFAO Call for Complete Overhaul of CFS System to Break Cycle of Injustice
Treaty One Territory, Manitoba – The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) and the First Nations Family Advocate Office (FNFAO) are calling for significant changes in policies and practices to address the interconnectedness between the Child and Family Services (CFS) System and the Justice System. With a recent increase in violent incidents involving youth in care, […]
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Read MorePhilip Cross: No taxation without representation? Canadian judges aren’t buying that – Edmonton Examiner
Mar 14, 2024 More and more they’re telling elected governments how they must spend their money, violating a principle dating back to Magna Carta in 1215 The Ontario Court of Appeal last month ruled unconstitutional the Ford government’s 2019 legislation limiting public-sector pay increases to one per cent a year for three years. The government […]
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Read MoreReformed Approach to Child and Family Services
This document sets out the high level positions of the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society (the Caring Society) on long term reform of First Nations Child and Family Services to stop Canada’s discrimination towards First Nations children, youth, and families and ensure it does not happen again. As a basic principle, the Caring […]
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Read MoreIndigenous Communities in Manitoba disproportionately impacted by CFS- CityNews
Numbers from Manitoba’s foster parent association are illustrating the disproportionate impact that the province’s child welfare system has on indigenous communities in comparison to the rest of Canada. Kurt Black reports. Read More: https://winnipeg.citynews.ca/video/2024/03/12/indigenous-communities-in-manitoba-disproportionately-impacted-by-cfs/
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Read MoreReference re An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families
In 2019, Parliament passed the Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families (Act), which establishes national standards and provides Indigenous peoples with effective control over their children’s welfare. First of all, the Act sets out national standards and principles that establish a normative framework, which applies across the country, for the […]
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Read MoreInnu Day Schools
OKT Law and Budden ; Associates are representing Innu Nation and 3 of its members in a proposed class action about the schools that operated in the Labrador Innu communities before the Innu took control of their own education system. Between 1949 and 2009, provincial school boards and Catholic-affiliated schools operated in the Innu communities […]
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