First Nations-led committee looks to avoid past mistakes in payout of $23.3-billion child welfare settlement

The federal government can transfer the lump sum to third-party administrators as early as February 2024, with cheques going out to some First Nations children and families in late summer or fall.

Newly elected AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse, seen here in Ottawa on Dec. 7, was the AFN's chief negotiator for the historic First Nations child welfare settlement.The Hill Time photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

December 13, 2023

Cindy Woodhouse’s election as the new national chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) was...

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