By Alessia Passafiume The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has approved a landmark First Nations child welfare deal between the federal government and First Nations in Ontario, partially ending a decades-long discrimination case. Monday’s decision comes after chiefs twice voted down a national $47.8 billion deal proposed by the federal government to reform the child welfare system, and a tumultuous two years of political infighting in the country’s most prominent First Nations organization on the way forward. The tribunal said it chose to issue a “letter decision” ahead of a formal decision to come later, so First Nations in Ontario do not lose a full year of funding under the agreement. It said it reserves the right to make changes to the letter decision after its release. “In choosing to work…
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