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Indigenous Issues

Indigenous children platforms

Here's what the 2019 Canadian election parties are promising.

Liberal

Ensure the Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Children, Youth, and Families is fully implemented, with long-term, predictable, and sufficient funding to support implementation.
We don't have any Conservative policies on Indigenous children.

NDP

  • Take action to respect, support, and resource Indigenous jurisdiction over child welfare systems, backed with long-term funding guaranteed in legislation.
  • Fully implement the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal orders.
  • Implement the Spirit Bear Plan.
  • Implement Jordan's Principle.

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New Democrats will take immediate action to respect, support, and resource Indigenous jurisdiction over child welfare systems, and will back this commitment with long-term, predictable funding guaranteed in legislation so that Indigenous peoples can exercise their jurisdiction and authority over matters involving their own children and families.

We also commit to ending discrimination against Indigenous children, young people, and families by fully implementing the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal orders, which ordered the Canadian government to stop chronically underfunding child welfare services on reserve, and working with the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society to implement the Spirit Bear Plan.

A New Democrat government will also fully implement Jordan’s Principle, working with the provinces and territories to end the delays and ensure equitable access to health services and educational supports for Indigenous children from coast to coast to coast.

From A New Deal for People, retrieved 2019-09-22.

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We don't have any Bloc policies on Indigenous children.
We don't have any Green policies on Indigenous children.
We don't have any PPC policies on Indigenous children.

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