child welfare

Being ejected from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet last year took a heavy personal toll, former justice minister David Lametti conceded on Thursday as he announced his decision to leave public office.

The committee process for a testy piece of legislation that would recognize Métis governments in three provinces has been extended until at least February.

Some Indigenous nations say they are prepared to continue enforcing their jurisdiction over child welfare if Canada's top court sides with Quebec in a landmark constitutional case.

The first mandate letters Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave his cabinet ministers in 2015 said no relationship was more important to him, and to the country, than the one with Indigenous Peoples.

The Assembly of First Nations voted to press Canada on immediately sending promised funds to survivors of the child-welfare system and agreed to return to the negotiating table on system reforms and additional compensation.

Federal ministers and the Assembly of First Nations expressed disappointment Tuesday as the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal decided against approving a historic, $40-billion child-welfare settlement agreement. 

The number of newborns taken into care dropped dramatically as birth alerts ended across Canada, but child welfare experts warn ceasing the practice cannot be the only step governments take to keep families together.

Politics and disagreements around leadership at the annual gathering of the Assembly of First Nations are getting in the way of Indigenous topics that matter most, the group's youth council co-chair said on Wednesday, July 6, 2022.

The federal government has signed a $20-billion final settlement agreement to compensate First Nations children and families harmed by chronic underfunding of child welfare on reserve, which Indigenous Services Canada said on Monday, July 4, 2022, was the largest such deal in Canadian history.

Ottawa announced on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, it had secured agreements in principle to compensate First Nations children harmed by its underfunding of child welfare, revealing for the first time early details about what the historic arrangement will cover.

The two university students behind Young Ontarians United want to arm various young communities with the data and research tools to advocate for the policies and programs they need.

The first story I heard about “the missing” was from a Dene elder, Catherine, just over 10 years ago. She was speaking about the impact of tuberculosis on her family at a health conference. The topic triggered her memories of residential school, and of a younger sister who never returned.

The parliamentary budget office says it could cost the federal government up to $15 billion to compensate First Nations families and children impacted by the child welfare system, as well as denials or delays of essential services.

Child advocates warn that the extended isolation required to contain the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to a sharp spike in child abuse and neglect of children living in potentially dangerous homes.

Manitoba's advocate for youth says a lot more needs to be done if the government is to save children in care from the grim reality of an Indigenous teenage girl whose body was found in a river.