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In late January, 2016, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (Tribunal) ruled that children living on First Nations reserves have been discriminated against because of underfunding of education and child welfare. (see: First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada et al v Attorney General of Canada (for the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Canada), 2016 CHRT 2 (CanLII) (online https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/chrt/doc/2016/2016chrt2/2016chrt2.html [1]). Canadians who are not First Nations may be surprised to learn about the issue of underfunding because there is much misinformation about issues of funding of First Nation peoples’ families and communities.
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