Canada court upholds Indigenous child compensation order
Al JazeeraA Canadian federal court has upheld a human rights tribunal decision ordering Ottawa to compensate Indigenous children and their families who faced discrimination in the provision of government services, the latest development in a years-long fight by Indigenous rights advocates. The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled in 2016 that the federal government had discriminated in the provision of child and family services for Indigenous people, which pushed more Indigenous children into foster care. #EveryChildMatters https://t.co/0c2EKSdSCu — Cindy Blackstock September 29, 2021 The court’s decision comes on the eve of Canada’s first-ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which aims to honour the Indigenous children who survived or died after being forced to attend so-called residential schools. In its 2016 decision, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal said discrimination in the provision of services to First Nations children “perpetuate the historical disadvantage and trauma suffered by Aboriginal people, in particular as a result of the Residential Schools system”.
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