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Caring Society Newsletter – Spring 2017 – FNCFCSC
January 26 marked the one year anniversary of the landmark Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling which found the Government of Canada was racially discriminating against 163,000 First Nations children. The Tribunal ruling included orders requiring the federal government to provide immediate relief for First Nations child welfare and to fully implement Jordan’s Principle. In the […]
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The numbers tell a sobering story about Labrador’s uprooted foster children – CBC
Some Aboriginal leaders say province too quick to look at what’s wrong, as opposed to finding solutions Mar 02, 2017 Aboriginal communities in Labrador are small in population, which makes the large number of children in some type of foster care arrangement all the more troubling. In the Innu community of Sheshatshiu, for example, there are 90 […]
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Prison violence leaves Ottawa with growing legal burden: ‘It’s an awful lot’ – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Feb 27, 2017 By Michael Tutton THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX _ Canada’s prison service faced 1,200 legal actions at the end of last March _ a figure the federal prison ombudsman says is enough to keep an entire law firm busy. “It’s an awful lot … they are paying about $10 million in […]
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Government to seek to find systemic issues with handling of sexual assault cases
FREDERICTON (GNB) – The provincial government is pleased that police forces in New Brunswick have ordered a review of files on reported sexual assault cases that had been cleared as unfounded from 2010 to 2014. Justice and Public Safety Minister Denis Landry has also requested that all police forces involved submit their findings to the […]
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Ten years is long enough, says the CHRC. Time to fix the child welfare on reserves once and for all
February 23, 2017 – Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Human Rights Commission The Chief Commissioner of Canadian Human Rights Commission, Marie-Claude Landry, issues the following statement: “Ten years ago today, a journey began to address an issue that had been ignored for far too long. The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, along […]
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AFN and Caring Society Mark 10th Anniversary of Human Rights Complaint on Discrimination Against First Nations Children
AFN and Caring Society Mark 10th Anniversary of Human Rights Complaint on Discrimination Against First Nations Children OTTAWA, Feb. 23, 2017 – Today, Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde and Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society (the Caring Society), marked the 10th anniversary of the […]
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(hashtag)Waiting4UCanada: 10th anniversary of First Nations child welfare case
February 23, 2017 marks the 10th anniversary of the filing of the case on First Nations child welfare. Ten years is a long time, especially in the life of a child. Thousands of First Nations children have grown up and continue to grow up with inequitable services and fewer opportunities to grow up safely at […]
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N.B. introduces legislation to help victims of domestic violence – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2017 FREDERICTON _ New Brunswick is proposing a new law it says would make it easier for victims of domestic violence to leave their abusive relationship. Premier Brian Gallant introduced the Intimate Partner Violence Intervention Act on Thursday, saying more must be done to end gender-based, domestic violence. He says the […]
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Opening Statement to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts – Preparing Indigenous Offenders for Release – Correctional Service Canada
(Report 3—2016 Fall Reports of the Auditor General of Canada) 15 February 2017 Michael Ferguson, CPA, CA FCA (New Brunswick) Auditor General of Canada Mr. Chair, thank you for this opportunity to present the results of our report on how Correctional Service Canada prepares Indigenous offenders for release back into the community. Joining me at […]
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N.S. pardons late Mi’kmaq leader: ‘The treatment of the grand chief was unjust’ – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Feb 16, 2017 By Aly Thomson THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX _ The Nova Scotia government has pardoned and honoured a late Mi’kmaq grand chief, decades after he was convicted of illegal hunting. Gabriel Sylliboy received only the second posthumous pardon in Nova Scotia history, after black civil rights pioneer Viola Desmond. The province […]
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