The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and the federal government are seeking a judicial review of the decision from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) to reject a $20 billion compensation package for First Nations children discriminated against in the child welfare system on reserve. The CHRT ruled Oct. 24 that a final settlement agreement, although “outstanding in many ways,” still fell short in meeting the orders set out by the panel. After six months of intense negotiations between the federal government and the AFN, compensation was allotted for children and families who were discriminated against through the underfunding of the First Nations Child and Family Services program and by the federal government’s narrow interpretation of Jordan’s Principle. However, the agreement did not include two other groups identified by the

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