Canada (Attorney General) v. First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtFederal Court (Canada)
Neutral Citation2021 FC 969
Citation2021 FC 969
Date29 September 2021

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  • Joyce v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Canada)
    • January 27, 2022
    ...as against them – see Justice Favel’s September 2021 reasons in First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada v. Canada, 2021 FC 969. The federal government had provisionally (using a so-called “protective appeal”) filed its objections to that decision - however media reports on J......
  • Lewis v. WestJet Airlines Ltd.
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
    • April 19, 2022
    ...provide such proof in exceptional cases: see, e.g., Canada (Attorney General) v. First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, 2021 FC 969 at para. [107] None of these CHRA provisions are relevant to the appellant’s claim as reflected in her Amended Claim or the common issues, vi......
  • Lightbody v. Canada
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • August 28, 2025
    ...rights complaints may be brought before the CHRC (Canada (Attorney General) v First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, 2021 FC 969 at para 227). All avenues would be at no additional cost to the plaintiffs who, where they are members of a bargaining unit, would presumably ha......
  • Parkdale Community Legal Services v. Canada
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • May 22, 2025
    ...may be awarded under paragraph 53(2)(e) of the CHRA: Canada (Attorney General) v First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, 2021 FC 969 at para 188 [FNCFCSC]. This is because the harms are measured in different ways, in that “[t]he CHRA is not designed to address different lev......
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  • Lightbody v. Canada
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • August 28, 2025
    ...rights complaints may be brought before the CHRC (Canada (Attorney General) v First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, 2021 FC 969 at para 227). All avenues would be at no additional cost to the plaintiffs who, where they are members of a bargaining unit, would presumably ha......
  • Schofer v. Canada (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • January 9, 2025
    ...of decisions on funding under Jordan’s Principle: Canada (Attorney General) v First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, 2021 FC 969 [First Nations Child Society] at para 74; Malone at paras 32-35; Pictou at para VI. Legal Framework [17] Jordan’s Principle is a child-first pri......
  • Fisher River Cree Nation v. Canada (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • March 26, 2025
    ...federal and provincial governments or departments (Canada (Attorney General) v First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, 2021 FC 969 at para 12). [17] The Representative Plaintiffs argue that Canada breached Jordan’s Principle by failing to provide essential health and social......
  • Fontaine et al. v. The Government of Manitoba et al.
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Manitoba (Canada)
    • May 18, 2023
    ...involving First Nations and Métis claims. (See Canada (Attorney General) v. First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, 2021 FC 969, [2021] F.C.J. No. 104), at paras. 299-301 and the Manitoba Métis Federation Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2013 SCC 14 , [2013] 1 S.C.R. 62......
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