First Nations child advocate hopes 20 year old case against government is almost over

First Nations child advocate hopes 20 year old case against government is almost over

Renowned children’s advocate Cindy Blackstock never imagined a complaint filed 20 years ago would still be before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT). The February 2007 complaint filed by the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society (Caring Society) and the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) against the federal government alleged that child welfare services provided to First Nations children and families on-reserve were inequitable and d…