Tribunal chair accused of harassment threw out case against Ottawa over child welfare
In a bizarre case, the head of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal is being accused of harassment.
In a bizarre case, the head of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal is being accused of harassment.
An Indigenous academic now has more questions than answers after receiving an access to information request aimed at finding out if her name was in the files of Canada’s spy agency.
The situation in Attawapiskat shouldn’t come as any surprise to Canadians.
Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan said Attawapiskat residents living in squalid housing conditions will be able to move into temporary accommodations in the community’s sportsplex and healing centre.
The deputy minister of Indian Affairs is investigating whether department officials broke privacy rules in their surveillance of First Nations child advocate Cindy Blackstock.
The federal Aboriginal Affairs department has been spying on a high-profile campaigner for First Nations children, documents show.
Saying First Nations were in a life or death struggle, Assembly of First Nations national Chief Shawn Atleo urged chiefs from across the country to back his ambitious, multi-year plan to scrap the Indian Act, the department of Aboriginal affairs and replace them with a First Nation-Crow n agreement “that advances and affirms our rights.”
With Saskatchewan’s child welfare system facing tough criticism in the past, the children’s advocate released their annual report.
A First Nations organization that advocates on child welfare issues is asking the Federal Court to overturn a decision by the Human Rights Tribunal to dismiss a discrimination claim against Indian Affairs over its funding for First Nations child and welfare services.