Canada must cover any shortfall in compensation to Indigenous victims of discriminatory child welfare

There were a lot of children harmed by the discriminatory distribution of child welfare, and there is no moral reason for allowing any of them to be denied what they are due in compensation as they walk their healing journeys.

Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Marc Miller, pictured in January 2022 with Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu, announcing a $40-billion settlement package related to compensation and long-term reform of Indigenous child welfare following the settlement of a years-long legal dispute about the harms Indigenous children suffered under discriminatory funding formulas.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SARAH NIMAN

September 19, 2022

This week, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal is looking at whether $20-billion is enough to compensate Indigenous children and families for the discriminatory system of child welfare that disadvantaged so many. First Nations Child and Family Caring Society executive director Cindy Blackstock, who ...

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