A court ordered Ottawa to pay compensation to each of the thousands of First Nations children withdrawn from the care of their parents and placed in the child protection system after 2006.
The discovery of anonymous graves on the sites of ancient Aboriginal residential schools had upset Canada. The Government has requested, on Friday, October 29, to the Federal Court of Appeal of the country to cancel a historic decision granting billions of dollars of compensation to Aboriginal children withdrawn from their homes, announcing that it rather preferred a negotiated agreement.
In 2019, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (TCDP) ordered Ottawa to pay a Canadian $ 40,000 compensation to each thousands of First Nations children withdrawn from the care of their parents and placed in The child protection system after 2006. The decision had been validated last month.
The Canadian authorities estimated that these compensation were well necessary, but indicated that they preferred to settle details as part of a negotiated agreement.
“We will compensate people injured by child and family services to repair the wrongs of the past and lay the groundwork for a more equitable and stronger future for First Nations children, Their families and communities, “said Twitter the Minister of Aboriginal Crown Relations, Marc Miller. “The focus will be on the conclusion of an off-court agreement and the bargaining table.”
Disappointment for the main concerned
Several representatives of First Nations children have shared their disappointment.
But according to Ottawa, two groups whose Assembly of First Nations have agreed to exchange with the authorities to try to conclude an agreement by the end of December.
These twists intervene in full introspection of the country on the wrongs caused to aboriginals. Since May, more than a thousand anonymous graves have been found on the sites of Aboriginal Aboriginal residential schools, putting in light a dark chapter of Canada’s history and its forced assimilation policy of First Nations.