An opportunity for major change in First Nations child and family services

To make good on its promises for better results for First Nations children and their families, it should work with agencies and learn from their experiences and those of their communities to realign rules and incentives to set a new direction for Child and Family Services.

Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett, and Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef, pictured June 5, 2018 at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. Canada has an opportunity for major change in First Nations child welfare with the CHRT’s ruling. The current government is on a tight timeline both with respect to the tribunal’s jurisdiction and the election cycle. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY HELAINA GASPARD

June 18, 2018

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