This document sets out the main myths being advanced about Canada’s proposed plan to permanently end its discriminatory conduct in First Nations Child and Family Services (often called long term reform) and explains what those claims mean in practical terms for First Nations.

On June 4, 2026, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal its ruling, 2026 CHRT 56, granting in part, the National Children's Chiefs Commission's (NCCC) Interested Party Status Motion. This full decision follows the Tribunal's earlier letter decision issued in March 2026.

On May 5, 2026 the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal issued a letter with directions, following the case management conference call on April 30, 2026, to inform the process for the FNCFS long-term reform outside of Ontario.

This document demonstrates how, if the Canadian government had acted on evidence‑based, First Nations‑led solutions to address severe inequities in First Nations children’s services when they were clearly identified decades ago, First Nations children would not have lost their lives, families, and childhoods—and Canada would not now be paying $23.4 billion in compensation for preventable harm.

On March 23, 2026, the Tribunal granted in part the National Children's Chiefs Commission's (NCCC) Interested Party Status motion, in a letter decision with reasons to follow. 

On March 13, 2026 the Attorney General of Canada submitted its written response to the NCCC's motion for interested party status, stating the NCCC should not be granted interested party status in this proceeding. Canada argues that as the third body tasked with acting as the principal voice of the First Nations-in-Assembly in these proceedings, the NCCC’s intervention is unnecessary, disproportionate, and will result in duplication, disorder and delay.