Liberals On Notice Over Treatment Of First Nation Children – Huffington Post
Sept 19, 2016
OTTAWA — The Canadian Human Rights Commission and two major First Nations groups are planning to ask a Federal Court judge to find the Liberal government in contempt over its treatment of children living on reserves.
The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society and the Assembly of First Nations have endorsed the commission’s legal effort to compel the government to abide by the findings of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
“We have to go to Federal Court and we will have to apply for a contempt order,” said Cindy Blackstock, the head of the society and a longtime champion of First Nations child welfare.
