Indigenous child welfare settlement will get $3B more from feds, AFN says
says it has secured an extra $3 billion from the federal government in a historic child-welfare compensation case.
The assembly, along with the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, announced the money today as part of a revised compensation package now totalling $23 billion, which it plans to present to chiefs gathered this week in Ottawa. Last year the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal rejected the $20-billion compensation package the government had negotiated with the parties, which threw the settlement into question.The tribunal had expressed concerns about whether all children would receive the $40,000 it says they are owed and noted worries about the timelines for claimants to opt out.Story continues below advertisement
The compensation is one part of a $40-billion deal the federal government struck with tribunal complainants and two related class actions over its underfunding of on-reserve child welfare, with the remaining $20 billion for long-term reforms. The assembly says once chiefs weigh in on the revised settlement package it will be subject to approvals from both the tribunal and Federal Court.
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