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Province takes new direction for vulnerable children, families
July 16, 2024 VICTORIA – Keeping children, youth and families safe and connected to the supports they need will be the focus of a new government-wide approach that reimagines how services are delivered throughout the province. Government’s commitment to a new approach to child welfare follows the release of the Don’t Look Away investigation and […]
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FNLC Responds to RCY’s “Don’t Look Away” Report; Calls for Truth, Collective Accountability, and Urgent Supports for Our Children
July 16, 2024 (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) Today, the Representative for Children and Youth (RCY) released a report titled “Don’t Look Away” which details the broken system for child protection and care in B.C. The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) pleads for children to be placed at the center and calls […]
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New report highlights series of significant missteps resulting in a child’s death – Representative for Children and Youth calls for both urgent and transformative change in systems of care
July 16, 2024 VICTORIA – In a report released today, British Columbia’s Representative for Children and Youth (RCY) is calling for a collective commitment to “stop tinkering at the edges of an outdated system that does not work for too many children and families” and embark instead on both specific and larger transformative changes that […]
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SCO Responds to $47.8 Billion Commitment for Reform of First Nations Child and Family Services
“Our children are sacred. It is essential that our laws, programs, and policies recognize the importance of our children within our Nations.”– Grand Chief Jerry Daniels ANISHINAABE AND DAKOTA TERRITORY, MB — The Southern Chiefs’ Organization is responding to news that the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has announced that the First Nations Parties to […]
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Grassy Narrows sues Ontario, seeking to nullify all mining claims – Pelham Today
Jul 15, 2024 If the court sides with the northwestern First Nation, it would ‘undermine the Mining Act throughout the province’: lawyer EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared on The Trillium, a Village Media website devoted to covering provincial politics at Queen’s Park. Ontario’s mining regime could be turned on its head if a recent lawsuit by Grassy […]
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Legal Notice to Beneficiaries of the Robinson Huron Treaty
Atikameksheng Anishnawbek and Garden River First Nation have commenced a court application against the lawyers for the Robinson Huron Treaty Litigation Fund. The application says that the lawyer’s fees were too high and it asks the court to reduce them (the “Assessment Application”). The Litigation Management Committee of the Robinson Huron Treaty Litigation Fund has […]
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NAN Report Historic Agreement Reached for First Nations Child and Family Services Reform – NetNewsLedger
July 12, 2024 Montreal, QC – The Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), in collaboration with the Chiefs of Ontario, the Assembly of First Nations, and Indigenous Services Canada, has announced a landmark $47.8-billion draft Final Agreement aimed at reforming the First Nations Child and Family Services (FNCFS) Program. “Our journey began eight years ago when we […]
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AMC Welcomes the Announcement of the $47.8 Billion Dollar Commitment For Long-Term Reform of the First Nations CFS
July 11, 2024 Treaty One Territory, Manitoba – The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) releases the following statement in response to the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) announcement on the Long-Term Reform of the First Nations Child and Family Services (FNCFS). The AMC welcomes the commitment of $47.8 billion over ten years in the final […]
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Assembly of First Nations Negotiates $47.8 Billion Commitment for Long-Term Reform to First Nations Child and Family Services
(July 11, 2024 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak announced today that the First Nations Parties to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal complaint on discrimination in the First Nations Child and Family Services Program (FNCFS) have secured a commitment from the Government of Canada to […]
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First Nation challenges nuclear waste decision in federal court – Canada’s National Observer
July 12, 2024 A First Nation concerned about approval of a nuclear waste disposal facility near the Ottawa River was before federal court this week to challenge the decision. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission greenlit the project on Jan. 9 and less than one month later, Kebaowek First Nation filed for a judicial review. Kebaowek’s […]
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