Media Advisory for Tomorrow, Friday, February 23 – AFN’s National Chief, and First Nations Child and Family Caring Society to File a Canadian Human Rights Complaint on Discriminatory Treatment Against First Nations Child Welfare Agencies
Media Advisory for Tomorrow, Friday, February 23 – Assembly of First Nations National Chief, and First Nations Child and Family Caring Society to File a Canadian Human Rights Complaint on Discriminatory Treatment Against First Nations Child Welfare Agencies
OTTAWA, Feb. 22 – AFN National Chief Phil Fontaine, FSIN Vice Chief Guy Lonechild, and Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, will host a press conference at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow in the Charles Lynch Room, Parliament Hill to announce the submission of a human rights complaint.
Copies of the complaint will be available, as well as the AFN Leadership Action Plan on First Nations Child Welfare. The Action Plan is also available at www.afn.ca
The Assembly of First Nations is the national organization representing First Nations in Canada.
For further information: Bryan Hendry, A/Director of Communications, (613) 241-6789, ext. 229, Cell (613) 293-6106, bhendry@afn.ca; Nancy Pine, Communications Advisor, Office of the National Chief, Cell (613) 298-6382, npine@afn.ca
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