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OTTAWA - The federal government is appealing a ruling ordering Ottawa to compensate First Nations children removed from their homes.
“OTTAWA - The federal government is appealing a ruling ordering Ottawa to compensate First Nations children removed from their homes.
The government filed the notice of appeal late Friday before the Federal Court of Appeal closed.
In 2016, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal found Ottawa discriminated against First Nations children by knowingly underfunding child and family services for those living on reserve.
The tribunal said each First Nations child, along with their parents or grandparents, who were separated because of this chronic underfunding were eligible to receive $40,000 each in federal compensation, which was the maximum amount it could award.
It has been estimated some 54,000 children and their families could qualify, meaning Ottawa could be on the hook to pay more than $2 billion.
The tribunal also ruled that the criteria needed to be expanded so more First Nations children could be eligible for Jordan’s Principle, a rule designed to ensure jurisdictional disputes over who pays for what don’t prevent kids from accessing government services.”
According to the 2016 census, 52.2% of children in foster care are Indigenous, despite Indigenous children making up only 7.7% of the child population of Canada. In Manitoba, the number of Indigenous children in care is about 90%. The 2011 National Household Survey found that 38% of Indigenous children were living in poverty, compared to 7% for non-Indigenous children.
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