Webinaire: Loving Justice Plan to End Canada's Discrimination French

Описание: The Loving Justice National Plan to End Canada’s Discrimination in First Nations Child and Family Services webinar was held on December 19, 2025.

On December 22, 2025 the Loving Justice Plan: First Nations Child and Family Services (Outside Ontario) was filed pursuant to 2025 CHRT 80 and the Affidavit of (Dr.) C. Blackstock (without exhibits) are publicly available.

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The National Children’s Chiefs Commission (NCCC) stands with the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) in supporting the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society’s submission of the Loving Justice National Plan to end Canada’s discrimination in First Nations Child and Family Services, filed today with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT).

Upon filing the Loving Justice Plan to permanently end Canada’s discrimination in First Nations Child and Family Services, Caring Society Executive Director, Cindy Blackstock stated:

"This National Plan represents decades of First Nations-led work dating back to the 1990s, when research first documented systemic discrimination in Canada’s funding and delivery of First Nations child and family services and identified clear, evidence-based solutions. Had Canada acted on those solutions when they were first presented, the profound harms suffered by First Nations children and families could have been prevented, and Canada would not now be paying $23 billion in compensation for the damage caused by its failure to act."

Chief Pauline Frost, Chair of the National Children’s Chiefs Commission agrees and stated:
“This National Plan reflects decades of First Nations–led research, lived experience, and expert advice that clearly identified both the discrimination and the solutions. These are not new ideas. They are well-documented, evidence-based, and rooted in the voices of First Nations children, families, and leaders. The failure to act on them earlier caused profound harm that was entirely preventable.”

The National Plan is firmly grounded in:

• the extensive body of research and evidence accumulated over decades;
• the binding legal orders of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal;
• the expertise of First Nations Child and Family Services professionals; and
• the voices of First Nations leaders and rights holders from across the country.

This Plan establishes minimum national standards for long-term reform that align with the principle of substantive equality, while preserving space for First Nations to negotiate regional variations that go beyond these standards to reflect their distinct needs, priorities, and circumstances.

“The National Plan establishes the minimum standards required to achieve substantive equality for First Nations children and families. It also respects regional diversity by creating space for First Nations to go beyond those standards to meet their own needs. This balance is essential to meaningful, long-term reform,” says Regional Chief Francis Verreault-Paul, AFN portfolio holder for Child & Family Services.

The National Children’s Chiefs Commission, working collaboratively with the Caring Society—and without any support from Canada—engaged extensively with First Nations leaders, rights holders, and subject-matter experts nationwide to ensure this Plan reflects First Nations expertise, lived experience, and diverse perspectives.

“While First Nations have put forward a comprehensive, evidence-based Loving Justice Plan grounded in legal orders and lived realities, Canada has chosen not to work with us to co-develop a path forward. At the same time that Canada is submitting its own plan, it is also seeking judicial review of the very decision that required these plans to be filed today. That contradiction raises serious concerns about Canada’s commitment to ending discrimination,” says Deb Foxcroft, Co-Chair of the National Children’s Chiefs Commission.

The National Children’s Chiefs Commission and the Assembly of First Nations affirms their full support for the National Plan submitted today and call on Canada to uphold its legal obligations, respect First Nations leadership, and implement reforms that finally end discrimination against First Nations children and families.

For further information, contact:
Chief Pauline Frost, Chair
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National Children’s Chiefs Commission
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NCCC Transparency: Meetings & Events Record
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