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Despite Kahnawake’s health authority reporting some progress in turnaround times for approvals of Jordan’s Principle requests, advocates at the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society remain concerned about ongoing backlogs which they say could result in children across Canada receiving delays in care.

Sources close to the situation have revealed more about a recent region-specific deal struck for long-term reform of the child welfare system, which would ensure funds for Ontario but not yet for other regions across Turtle Island.

Council chiefs in Ontario have approved an $8.5 billion region-specific deal for long-term reform of child and family services, leaving other communities unclear on the future for reform elsewhere in Turtle Island.

One of Canada’s leading child welfare experts says that Canada has committed “a huge breach of good faith negotiations” after the government announced that it would not be participating in national negotiations on a $47.8 billion settlement deal regarding child welfare, instead pursuing discussions for a deal with only chiefs in Ontario.

A proposed $47.8 billion settlement agreement for a 10-year reform of First Nations child and family services in the country was shot down last week, after 267 chiefs and proxies voted against it at a special chiefs assembly hosted by the Assembly of First Nations (AFN).

After an arduous Special Chiefs Assembly this week, a proposed $47.8 billion final settlement agreement (FSA) on long-term reform of the First Nations Child and Family Services Program was rejected by the membership of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN).