First Nations: Legal Services

The Assembly Of First Nations Dept: Invoices obtained through Access to Information show the Justice Department, acting on behalf of Aboriginal Affairs, paid out at least $3.1 million for legal services between 2007 and June 2012, according to The Star. The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society and the Assembly of First Nations launched a human rights challenge that dates back to 2007 and oTTAWA The federal government has been billed more than $3 million for its unsuccessful attempts to keep a high-stakes battle over First Nations child welfare out of the courts. Government lawyers were trying to quash claims from First Nations child rights advocates that Ottawa is short-changing native communities by funding child welfare services at 22 per cent below provincial levels. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.