Canadian Human Rights Complaint: Equity for First Nations

Child Welfare On–‐Reserve: What You Should Know

• First Nations children are drastically over represented in child welfare care. In 2008, the Auditor General of Canada reported that First Nations children living on—reserve were 5 times more likely to be placed in care than children living off–‐reserve.
• The Federal Government requires First Nations child welfare agencies to apply provincial laws and standards, but Federal funding is not linked to the legislation or the needs of the children. The provinces …..

“Our view is that if Canada will not do what it should do voluntarily, then it will do so under court order.”
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Dr. Cindy Blackstock,
Executive Director
of the First Nations Child and Family Caring SocietyDownload Children Briefing Note I: Background to the Complaint