Canadian tribunal seeks revamp of C$20 billion deal for First Nations children

FILE PHOTO: Eunice Delorme, a mother to five, grandmother to eight and great-grandmother to five, who also helped raise 17 foster children, a professional Kokum, or grandmother, that works with families at Scared Wolf Lodge poses on Cowessess First Nation near Grayson, Saskatchewan, Canada October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon VanRaes/File Photo

The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), whose landmark decisions on discrimination against First Nations children set the stage for a historic C$20 billion compensation agreement, threw the deal into doubt after it said the agreement does not fully satisfy its orders.

In January, the federal government and First Nations groups announced two C$20 billion agreements, one for compensation and the other for long-term reform of child and family services for First Nations people.