AFN, federal government confirm $47.8B child welfare reform settlement offer MONTREAL — The AFN’s finalized a deal with Ottawa last week to put $47.8 billion towards child-welfare reform. Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak got cheers as she made the announcement on the floor of the annual general assembly in Montreal. Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu stood beside chiefs and shed a few tears in a subsequent news conference as Woodhouse Nepinak said what a monumental agreement they had reached. The deal is worth more than double what was originally promised for long-term reform in a settlement agreement that resulted from a hard-fought human-rights complaint over underfunding of child-welfare services. Families who helped launched the initial court case stood with the minister and national chief as they shared the news. Ontario Regional Chief…
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