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In 2019,\u00a0the tribunal ordered Ottawa to pay $40,000\u00a0\u2014 the maximum allowed under the Canadian Human Rights Act \u2014 to each child, along with their primary guardian, who was\u00a0part of the on-reserve child welfare system from at least Jan. 1, 2006, to a date to be determined by the tribunal.<\/p>\n
The tribunal also directed Ottawa to pay $40,000 to each First Nations child, along with their primary guardian, who was denied services or forced to leave home to access services covered by the policy known as\u00a0Jordan’s Principle.<\/p>\n
The AFN estimates some 54,000 children and their families could qualify for compensation.<\/p>\n
The Federal Court\u00a0upheld that decision this year.\u00a0The government appealed,\u00a0but that appeal was put on pause while the parties tried to strike an agreement outside of court.<\/p>\n
The parties indicated that if a deal wasn’t\u00a0finalized by the end of December, they could be heading back to court. Friday’s agreement suggests an appeal is now unlikely.<\/p>\n
Details of Friday’s out-of-court settlement were not immediately made public.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n