Announcement coming on whether feds will appeal ruling on First Nations kids: Trudeau
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government will reveal today whether it will continue fighting an order directing it to compensate First Nations children removed from their homes.
Speaking while on a trip to the Netherlands ahead of international summits, he says ministers are working this morning in Ottawa to meet a deadline to decide whether to appeal the Federal Court ruling that upheld two historic decisions from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
The tribunal found Ottawa discriminated against First Nations children by knowingly underfunding child and family services for those living on reserve.
Litigants in the case say this led to thousands of kids being taken away from their families and enduring abuse and suffering in provincial foster care systems.
The tribunal said each First Nations child, along with their parents or grandparents, who were separated because of this chronic underfunding were eligible to receive $40,000 each in federal compensation.
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