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Canadian Press-First Nations in Ontario are charting their own path with the federal government to reform the child welfare system weeks after critics said the deal reached last July was too weak to accept. The news comes one day after an embattled federal government sent the Assembly of First Nations a letter marked “confidential and settlement privileged” informing that they are not permitted to renegotiate reforms on a national level, despite calls from chiefs at two assemblies for Canada to do just that. “Canada is not currently in a position to engage in any negotiations beyond those with (Chiefs of Ontario) and (Nishnawbe Aski Nation),” the letter from Paul Vickery, legal agent and counsel for the Department of Justice Canada wrote to the Assembly’s lawyers. Assembly of First Nations National… <\/p>\n

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Canadian Press-First Nations in Ontario are charting their own path with the federal government to reform the child welfare system weeks after critics said the deal reached last July was too weak to accept. The news comes one day after an embattled federal government sent the Assembly of First Nations a letter marked “confidential and settlement privileged” informing that they are not permitted to renegotiate reforms on a national level, despite calls from chiefs at two assemblies for Canada to do just that. “Canada is not currently in a position to engage in any negotiations beyond those with (Chiefs of Ontario) and (Nishnawbe Aski Nation),” the letter from Paul Vickery, legal agent and counsel for the Department of Justice Canada wrote to the Assembly’s lawyers. Assembly of First Nations National... <\/p>\n

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