AFN, Blackstock announce revised $23B child welfare compensation deal
The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society…
Federal Court
‘Unreasonable, invalid and unlawful’: Fish farm company challenges feds
A fish farm company in B.C. is challenging the federal government’s refusal to renew the…
Federal Court approves $2.8 billion residential day schools settlement
A Federal Court judge has approved a $2.8-billion settlement agreement between the Canadian government and…
Federal Court approves class action on behalf of off-reserve Indigenous children
Class includes First Nations, Inuit and Métis youth who aren’t covered by the proposed $40B settlement relating to on-reserve child welfare services
Another survivor who lodged complaint against RCMP has died
A Canadian Human Rights Tribunal hearing into a 2012 RCMP investigation is on hold
Feds call UNDRIP an ‘interpretive aid only’ in legal battle over Alberta First Nation’s election delay
‘It’s disappointing, on that level, to see kind of an impoverished interpretation of what the new legislation implementing UNDRIP means in practice,’ says lawyer
Federal Court, CHRT seal documents of case involving John Furlong, RCMP without notice to media
APTN News takes issue with sealing orders that restrict media access.
Federal Court, Canadian Human Rights Tribunal seal records related to hearings into complaint against RCMP
Two of the survivors have died since the Canadian Human Rights Commission referred the case to a hearing in 2020.
B.C. Civil Liberties Association says RCMP complaints process ‘should improve’ after court ruling
A federal judge says the RCMP Commissioner must respond to public complaints within six months…