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An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families: Does Bill C-92 Make the Grade?
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  • Naiomi Metallic, Assistant Professor and Chancellor’s Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University
  • Hadley Friedland, Associate Professor, University of Alberta Faculty of Law, Co-Lead, Wahkohtowin Law and Governance Lodge
  • Aimée Craft, University of Ottawa
  • Jeffery Hewitt, University of Windsor, Faculty of Law
  • Sarah Morales, University of Victoria
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Abstract

On Thursday, February 28, 2019, the federal government introduced Bill C-92, An Act respecting First Nations, Métis and Inuit children, youth and families for first reading. After many years of well documented discrimination against Indigenous children, there is much hope in this legislative process to reverse this trend, empower Indigenous peoples to reclaim jurisdiction in this area, and ensure the rights of children are affirmed. To realize those hopes, we have drafted this analysis with the aim to improve the current legislation as it moves through committee and the Senate.

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Citation Information
Naiomi Metallic et al, An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families: Does Bill C-92 Make the Grade? (Toronto: Yellowhead Institute, 2019).