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Constitutionality of Indigenous child welfare law to be decided by the Supreme Court of Canada

Constitutionality of Indigenous child welfare law to be decided by the Supreme Court of Canada

May 27, 2022

Recently, the Supreme Court of Canada granted leave to appeal the Quebec Court of Appeal’s (QCCA) decision regarding federal Indigenous child welfare legislation.

In the QCCA decision, they determined that Indigenous peoples have the right to self-government and jurisdiction over child and family services, but that parts of the process the Act established for implementing self-government were unconstitutional.

That decision is being appealed, and now that a leave to appeal has been granted, the Supreme Court will decide the constitutionality of the Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Metis children, youth and families.

Learn more: https://jfklaw.ca/constitutionality-of-indigenous-child-welfare-law-to-be-decided-by-the-supreme-court-of-canada/



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