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14-year fight for disability services settled in favour of First Nations children in Manitoba – APTN News

by ahnationtalk on October 11, 2024120 Views

Oct 11, 2024

Human rights and legal challenge succeed

First Nations children living on-reserve in Manitoba are now eligible for provincial disability-related services like home care after a 14-year legal battle was settled.

Previously, children with disabilities on-reserve were restricted from accessing provincial services due to jurisdictional disputes of who should foot the bill – the provincial or federal government.

It was Harriet Sumner-Pruden who, in 2010, filed a complaint with the Manitoba Human Rights Commission on behalf of her then-eight-year-old son Alfred (Dewey) Pruden.

Read More: https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/14-year-fight-for-disability-services-settled-in-favour-of-first-nations-children-in-manitoba/

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