- First Nations children entitled to government compensation
- Canada ‘wilfully and recklessly’ discriminated against them
A federal court in Canada has paved they way for billions in compensation to First Nations children who suffered discrimination in the welfare system, after a judge dismissed a pair of legal challenges by the government.
Two years ago, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled that the federal government had “wilfully and recklessly” discriminated against Indigenous children living on reserves by failing to properly fund child and family services.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/sep/29/canada-indigenous-children-first-nations-trudeau
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