The Trudeau government lost a record-breaking settlement in court Tuesday and now Canadians owe a whopping $23 billion to indigenous families.The government fought the penalty in court but lost in a record-breaking settlement, as the CBC pointed out. The reparations suit will reach 300,000 First Nations children and their families and cost each Canadian approximately $622. A further $20 billion has been pledged to reform indigenous child-welfare systems. In 2019, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled in favour of a human rights penalty and suggested a settlement of $40,000 per affected First Nations child and family — which a federal judge approved this week. The funding will go towards compensating “chronic underfunding” of on-reserve child-welfare services, such as school supplies and medical gear.However, Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu said the money won’t heal the wounds. "Families were shattered. People grew up not knowing anything about their backgrounds, their true connection to culture or language," Hadju said Tuesday."And First Nations children with profound disabilities did not get access to the supports they needed to thrive."The Assembly of First Nations and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society first launched the lawsuit in 2007 and has engaged Ottawa in a years-long battle ever since. Three years prior to the tribunal’s ruling, it found that First Nations people were “adversely impacted” by government services and were sometimes denied services altogether. "The panel acknowledges the suffering of those First Nations children and families who are or have been denied an equitable opportunity to remain together or to be reunited in a timely manner," the tribunal ruled in 2016..This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.
The Trudeau government lost a record-breaking settlement in court Tuesday and now Canadians owe a whopping $23 billion to indigenous families.The government fought the penalty in court but lost in a record-breaking settlement, as the CBC pointed out. The reparations suit will reach 300,000 First Nations children and their families and cost each Canadian approximately $622. A further $20 billion has been pledged to reform indigenous child-welfare systems. In 2019, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled in favour of a human rights penalty and suggested a settlement of $40,000 per affected First Nations child and family — which a federal judge approved this week. The funding will go towards compensating “chronic underfunding” of on-reserve child-welfare services, such as school supplies and medical gear.However, Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu said the money won’t heal the wounds. "Families were shattered. People grew up not knowing anything about their backgrounds, their true connection to culture or language," Hadju said Tuesday."And First Nations children with profound disabilities did not get access to the supports they needed to thrive."The Assembly of First Nations and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society first launched the lawsuit in 2007 and has engaged Ottawa in a years-long battle ever since. Three years prior to the tribunal’s ruling, it found that First Nations people were “adversely impacted” by government services and were sometimes denied services altogether. "The panel acknowledges the suffering of those First Nations children and families who are or have been denied an equitable opportunity to remain together or to be reunited in a timely manner," the tribunal ruled in 2016..This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.
