Legal Actions related to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Case on First Nations Children
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| Information Topic | Compensation | Jordan’s Principle | Child and Family Services | Jordan’s Principle | |
| Non-Compliance Motion | Long-Term Reform | Long-Term Reform | |||
Purpose Compensate victims of Canada’s discrimination in
child and family services and Jordan’s Principle on reserve and in the Yukon between 1991–2022.
Addressing Canada’s non-compliance with existing Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) orders on Jordan’s Principle to address immediate needs for children and families.
End Canada’s discrimination in child and family services and prevent it from happening again.
End discrimination in Jordan’s Principle and prevent it from happening again.
| Tribunal/Court | Federal Court (Canadian Human Rights Tribunal no | Canadian Human Rights Tribunal | Canadian Human Rights Tribunal | Canadian Human Rights Tribunal | ||
| longer has jurisdiction.) | ||||||
| Legal Style of Cause | Xavier Moushoom et al. v. | First Nations Child and Family Caring Society et al. v. | First Nations Child and Family Caring Society et al. | First Nations Child and Family Caring Society et al. v. | ||
| Attorney General of Canada T-402-19 | Attorney General of Canada T1340/7008 | v. Attorney General of Canada T1340/7008 | Attorney General of Canada T1340/7008 | |||
| Parties | Settlement Implementation Committee (SIC) | Complainants: Caring Society and AFN | Complainants: Caring Society and AFN | Complainants: Caring Society and AFN | ||
| Assembly of First Nations (AFN): Stuart Wuttke | Commission: Canadian Human Rights Commission | Commission: Canadian Human Rights Commission | Commission: Canadian Human Rights Commission | |||
| (Chair), Chief Derek Nepinak, and Duke Peltier | Interested Parties: Chiefs of Ontario (COO), | Interested Parties: COO, NAN, Amnesty | Interested Parties: Chiefs of Ontario, Nishnawbe | |||
| Moushoom: David Sterns and Robert Kugler | ||||||
| Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), and Amnesty | international | Aski Nation, and Amnesty International | ||||
| First Nations Child & Family Caring Society | ||||||
| International | ||||||
| (Caring Society): Not part of the class action but can | Interested Party Motion approved by CHRT: | |||||
| make submissions to Federal Court re: preserving | ||||||
| First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) | ||||||
| the rights of persons entitled to compensation per | ||||||
| the CHRT orders (2006–2022). | ||||||
| Guiding AFN Resolution | Resolution 28/2022 | AFN Resolution 40/2022, To Ensure Quality of Life to | ||
| the First Nations Child and Family Services Program and | ||||
| Jordan’s Principle | ||||
| AFN Resolution 60/2024, Addressing Long-Term | ||||
| Reform of the First Nations Child and Family Services | ||||
| Program and Jordan’s Principle | ||||
AFN Resolution 40/2022, To Ensure Quality of Life to the First Nations Child and Family Services Program and Jordan’s Principle
AFN Resolution 60/2024, Addressing Long-Term Reform of the First Nations Child and Family Services Program and Jordan’s Principle
AFN Resolution 40/2022, To Ensure Quality of Life to the First Nations Child and Family Services Program and Jordan’s Principle
AFN Resolution 60/2024, Addressing Long-Term Reform of the First Nations Child and Family Services Program and Jordan’s Principle
AFN Resolution 61/2024, Meaningful Consultation
on Long-Term Reform of First Nations Child and Family
Services
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