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Federal Court of Canada Appoints Settlement Implementation Committee to Compensate First Nations Children and Families
Dec 06, 2023 (Ottawa, Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ontario) – The Federal Court of Canada has recently issued an order appointing individuals to serve on the Settlement Implementation Committee – the governing body that will oversee the implementation of the Final Settlement Agreement (FSA) on Compensation. The appointment of the Settlement Implementation Committee (the Committee) in […]
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Update for Robinson Huron Treaty Beneficiaries
Supreme Court of Canada Hearing As you know, Ontario appealed the decision of Justice Hennessy’s stage 1 and 2 decisions to the Ontario Court of Appeal. That Court upheld Justice Hennessy’s Decision and Ontario appealed that Decision to the Supreme Court of Canada. The appeal at the Supreme Court of Canada was heard on November […]
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MCA: Federal Indian Day School Class Action – Missing Information on Claim Forms
Deloitte, the Claims Administrator for the Federal Indian Day School Class Action, would like to inform our community members that many claim forms have been submitted with missing information and therefore cannot be processed. If any Akwesasronon have submitted a claim for the Federal Indian Day School Class Action and has not yet received a […]
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Manitoba Advocate Releases 2022-23 Annual Report, Child Death Data
TREATY 1 TERRITORY AND HOMELAND OF THE RED RIVER MÉTIS, Winnipeg, Man., – Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth (MACY) Sherry Gott has released her office’s annual report, which summarizes the work of the office during the 2022-23 fiscal year, as well as trends in child advocacy, research, quality assurance, public education, youth engagement, and […]
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Class members have three months to submit their claims under the First Nations Drinking Water Settlement
For Immediate Release Class members have three months to submit their claims under the First Nations Drinking Water Settlement Compensation is available for eligible Individual Class Members and communities impacted by long-term drinking water advisories. TORONTO, DECEMBER 4, 2023 – The extended First Nations Drinking Water Settlement deadline is three months away, giving Class Members […]
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The Caring Society: Capital Funding Information Sheets
Capital Funding Information Sheets Capital Funding Information Sheet – Jordan’s Principle Stream Capital Funding Information Sheet – First Nations Child and Family Services Program Stream NT4
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The Chiefs of Ontario support Temagami First Nation and Teme-Augama Anishnabai’s legal action challenging the Ontario Métis Harvesting Agreement and Métis section 35 rights in their Ancestral territory
(Toronto, ON – December 1, 2023) Ontario Regional Chief Glen Hare has issued the following statement offering support to Temagami First Nation and Teme-Augama Anishnabai following their filling of a statement of claim to protect their inherent and constitutionally protected rights from unfounded Métis rights assertions in their Ancestral territory: “Temagami First Nation and Teme-Augama Anishnabai […]
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Alberta sued for discriminating against children in care by taking their child allowance benefits – The Globe and Mail
Treaty 8 chiefs and representative plaintiffs are leading the charge for Indigenous children living off-reserve and in care of the province who were denied their Children’s Special Allowance (CSA) benefit. A statement of claim was filed against Alberta and Canada Nov. 24 in Court of King’s Bench in Edmonton alleging Alberta withheld hundreds of millions […]
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Multi-billion dollar Robinson Huron settlement likely to be distributed in new year says chief – APTN News
Nov 30, 2023 Twenty-one First Nations in Ontario are waiting for the province and federal government to sign off on a long-awaited upgrade on the 1850 Robinson Huron Treaty. Annuities to those First Nations were supposed to increase as resource revenues increased. However, the annuity has remained at $4 since 1874. Nipissing First Nation Chief […]
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Chiefs of Ontario File a Judicial Review Calling on the Federal Government to Alleviate Burden of Carbon Pricing on First Nations
(November 30, 2023 )– Chiefs of Ontario (COO) is releasing the following statement regarding a judicial review it has filed today on the Greenhouse Gas and Pollution Pricing Act. Chiefs of Ontario and Attawapiskat First Nation have filed a judicial review today after Canada refused to negotiate with First Nations in Ontario to alleviate the […]
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