The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal approved a $23.4-billion revised agreement to compensate victims of the underfunded First Nations child-welfare system on Wednesday.
The CHRT’s approval brings a 16-year legal battle and a long-standing human rights complaint closer to a resolution.
The new deal adds $3.4 billion to the $20 billion previously offered by the federal government. In total, it covers approximately 300,000 First Nations children, youth and families on-reserve or in the Yukon who were discriminated against from 1991 on.
The deal also includes a request for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to issue a formal apology for the harm caused by the broken
