CAP Pleased with Dismissal of Federal Court Judicial Review in AGC V. First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada Et Al
Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 29, 2021) - The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples is pleased to advise that the Federal Court today dismissed the federal government's challenge to a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling requiring the government to fund and provide services for Indigenous children under "Jordan's Principle".The Court upheld the Tribunal's ruling that Jordan's Principle services should be offered in some cases to non-status Indian children living off reserve, who have...
2021-09-29 5:40 PM EDT
Congress of Aboriginal Peoples Files International Legal Action Against Government of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 9, 2021) - Today, the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) filed a formal legal petition to the United Nations Human Rights Committee against the current Canadian federal government led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The formal legal complaint filed this morning with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva outlines the Canadian government's discrimination against Canada's off-reserve Status and non-Status, Métis, and...
2021-09-09 7:00 AM EDT
Congress of Aboriginal Peoples Announcing International Legal Action Against Government of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 8, 2021) - WHAT: The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples holding a Virtual Zoom Press Event to announce new international legal action against the current Canadian federal government.WHY: CAP is announcing a formal legal complaint against the current Canadian government's discrimination against Canada's off-reserve, Status and Non-Status Indigenous peoples based on their indigeneity. Details of the legal filing will be released and make the case that...
2021-09-08 5:35 PM EDT
CAP Responds to Residential School Burial Sites Found by Cowessess First Nation
Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 24, 2021) - It is with feelings of outrage, but not shock that CAP responds to the news from Cowessess First Nation of the 751 unmarked graves at the Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan. In the wake of the news from Kamloops, Indigenous peoples across Canada knew that it was only a matter of time before the graves of more innocent children would be found at residential school sites.National Chief Elmer St. Pierre has...
2021-06-24 2:41 PM EDT