Ontario chief suggests class action lawsuit to stop Indigenous youth suicides – CBC

Highest rate of suicide is among children aged 10 to 14, according to First Nations statistics

Jan 20, 2017

It’s time for First Nations leaders to consider a class action lawsuit against the federal government on behalf of Indigenous young people who have died by suicide, says Isadore Day, the Ontario regional chief with the Assembly of First Nations.

Day’s comments came as Wapekeka First Nation revealed this week that it had asked for help to prevent a suicide pact in the remote community, months before two girls, both 12, died by suicide in January.

Health Canada said the request to fund a $376,706 community-based suicide prevention plan came in September when the year’s budget had already been allocated, but money for the program was found this month.

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