Canada Global(Web News)A Federal Court judge has approved $23 billion for the First Nations child welfare settlement. After this settlement, Ottawa will now have to pay this amount to 300,000 First Nations children and their families. It is worth noting that these First Nations children were not properly receiving child welfare services.
The Assembly of First Nations and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society first filed a human rights complaint in 2007. In 2016, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal found the federal government’s treatment of First Nations child welfare to be deliberately negligent. was
It was also found that the service provided by the government is not benefiting the First Nations and in some cases the services are being denied. It was also found that the government knows all about this but is keeping a close eye.
Then the federal government offered to spend $20 billion to improve the child welfare system, and last year another $20 billion was offered in compensation. But the tribunal expressed concern that not all eligible claimants would be able to get this compensation.
After this new decision, Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hazdu said that she was happy that the settlement was approved.