First Nations split over next steps after $47.8B child welfare deal
Ottawa debated path forward after the deal was struck down in October. Ontario chiefs push to avoid mootness while questioning governance limits. AFN and Caring Society review opinions assess how to proceed, with critiques of process and potential conflicts of interest cited by both sides.
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Ottawa
Canada
Assembly of First Nations
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society
Ontario
Abram Benedict
Human Rights Tribunal
Benedict
Nishnanbe Aski
Khelsilem
Squamish
First Nations
Special Chiefs Assembly
Calgary
AFN
Andrew Bisson
Bisson
Fasken
Falken
Children’s Chiefs Commission
Caring Society
Joe Miskokomon
Chippewas
Thames
Aird Berlis
Mary Teegee
Canadian fiscal update slated for Dec. 16
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will publish the full economic statement on December 16 before MPs head home for holidays. The update will outline federal finances and the deficit, with new policies to follow. A fiscal forecast by the PBO projects a 46.8 billion deficit for the last fiscal year, higher than the promised 40 billion.
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Ottawa
Chrystia Freeland
Freeland
PBO
Justin Trudeau
House of Commons
NDP
New Democrats
Robert Asselin
Business Council of Canada
Canada
Asselin
Bill Morneau
Pierre Poilierre
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National Press Theatre
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