By Jacqueline St. Pierre, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Manitoulin Expositor In Ottawa’s courthouse halls, where marble and fluorescent light meet in solemn quiet, a legal battle unfolds that reverberates across the forests and lakes of Manitoulin. Ottawa now seeks to erase a human rights tribunal’s command — an order that demanded the federal government return to the table with First Nations, to rewrite and repair a child welfare system that has failed too many generations. The government calls the Tribunal’s decision “unreasonable,” accuses it of misjudging the evidence, and claims a breach of fairness. Words, cold and clinical, float above a human reality that cannot wait. This is no spectacle; it is a test of will, law, and conscience — a reckoning for a country that has spent decades…
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