Manitoba First Nations launch $1-billion lawsuit over child welfare system
First Nations leaders are suing the federal and Manitoba governments over what they say are far-reaching, damaging effects of the child welfare system.
“In the guise of providing care, Manitoba and Canada have employed discriminatory practices to destroy First Nations families, cultures and First Nations,” reads the statement of claim filed in the Court of King’s Bench on Thursday. “But what I can say is that our government recognizes that there is a need for transformation in the [child welfare] system.”
The new lawsuit is aimed at First Nations children who were seized off reserve in Manitoba, where the province has jurisdiction. Those are about 60 per cent of all cases in the province.
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