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The Chiefs of the Confederacy of Treaty No. 6 are very pleased with today’s Federal Court’s decision to allow for the human rights case against the Federal Government for discrimination against First Nations children, by under-funding child welfare services on reserves, to proceed on its merits. “Today, the federal court has upheld the right for our First Nations children and families to have access to justice and fairness,” said Cameron Alexis, Grand Chief of the Confederacy of Treaty No. 6 Chiefs.”
The Carrier Sekani Tribal Council (CSTC) is pleased with the decision handed down today by the Federal Court of Canada which agreed with the plaintiffs, the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society (FNCFCS) and the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), had a legitimate complaint that the government of Canada is putting First Nations at more risk by underfunding child services on reserve. This landmark decision directs the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to examine evidence that First Nations children are being discriminated against by the federal government.
The Canadian Human Rights Commission applauds the Federal Court’s decision to strike down the dismissal of an important human rights complaint brought by the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society and the Assembly of First Nations against the Government of Canada.
The Federal Court has set aside Chair Chotalia’s decision to dismiss the First Nations child welfare case and returned the matter to Canadian Human Rights Tribunal for a new hearing.
