Indigenous leaders to review family compensation agreement – SaskToday.ca
Caring Society Executive Director Dr. Cindy Blackstock and the AFN filed the original human rights complaint in 2007.
SASKATOON — Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron and First Vice Chief David Pratt attend an Assembly of First Nations meeting to review and possibly approve the compensation agreement for First Nations children and their families.
The settlement agreement pertains to families who experienced discrimination due to underfunding by the Canadian government of the First Nations Child and Family Services and the narrow definition of Jordan’s Principle.
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