December 12th, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Supreme Court upholds Ottawa’s Indigenous child welfare act

By The Canadian Press on February 9, 2024.

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled today on the constitutionality of Bill C-92, An Act Respecting First Nations, Métis and Inuit Children Youth and Families, which became law in June 2019. The Supreme Court of Canada is pictured at sunset in Ottawa on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the federal government’s 2019 Indigenous child welfare act is constitutional, affirming that First Nations Peoples have sole authority over the protection of their children.

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