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The Canadian Press \u00a009\/07\/2024 04:00 The Assembly of First Nations annual meeting begins in Montreal today where leaders are expected to provide an update on negotiations to reform Canada’s child welfare system and compensation for the systems’ past harms. The meeting is the first AFN annual general assembly taking place since Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak was elected national chief in December. Last month, three regional chiefs representing more than half of First Nations wrote to Woodhouse Nepinak outlining concerns that the AFN is not including First Nations’ leaders in negotiations with Ottawa about reforms being discussed as part of a $43-billion settlement reached with Canada in 2023. More than half of that money is intended as compensation for about 300,000 children and their families harmed when chronic underfunding of child welfare… <\/p>\n

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The Canadian Press \u00a009\/07\/2024 04:00 The Assembly of First Nations annual meeting begins in Montreal today where leaders are expected to provide an update on negotiations to reform Canada’s child welfare system and compensation for the systems’ past harms. The meeting is the first AFN annual general assembly taking place since Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak was elected national chief in December. Last month, three regional chiefs representing more than half of First Nations wrote to Woodhouse Nepinak outlining concerns that the AFN is not including First Nations’ leaders in negotiations with Ottawa about reforms being discussed as part of a $43-billion settlement reached with Canada in 2023. More than half of that money is intended as compensation for about 300,000 children and their families harmed when chronic underfunding of child welfare... <\/p>\n

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