Supreme Court hearing on Indigenous child welfare law will have broad significance, minister, experts agree

ITK President Natan Obed says the upcoming ruling will be 'incredibly important,' but he hopes 'we can all agree that this is a cumbersome and adversarial way to uphold Indigenous rights in this country.'

Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu, pictured speaking to reporters before Question Period on Dec. 1, 2021, says the Supreme Court's ruling will be significant in defining a legal framework for Indigenous sovereignty in Canada, for childcare and beyond. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

March 23, 2022

The Supreme Court of Canada will soon weigh the constitutionality of the Trudeau government’s Indigenous family and childcare legislation, a case experts say will prove significant in broadly defining sovereign Indigenous rights in Canada. “That’s ...

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