The Canadian government signed a reconciliation agreement compensation for discrimination against Aboriginal children 20 billion Canadian dollars

China News Agency, Toronto, July 5th (Reporter Yu Ruidong) The Federal Government of Canada has signed an "final reconciliation" agreement with the plaintiff of the plaintiff as one of the main organizations of the Aboriginal organization and two collective lawsuits. The first ethnic children and their families who have been discriminated against each other in the system provide a total of 20 billion Canadian dollars in compensation.

The Canadian government announced on July 4 that this is the largest settlement agreement with the aboriginal reconciliation in the country's history, which acknowledges the injury of the first ethnic children and their families.

However, the compensation and reconciliation agreement must be approved by the Human Rights Court and the Federal Court.

According to the agreement, the group qualified to obtain compensation mainly includes: from April 1991 to the end of March 2022, according to the "First National Children's and Family Service Plan", they were taken away from the child from home to the conservation institution; In early November 2017, children who were affected by the general definition of the "Jordan Principles" were influenced; from April 1991 to mid -December 2007, children who had not obtained or delayed basic public services or products were not obtained or delayed; Essence

The three major aboriginal groups that are officially recognized include the first nation (the collective name of the Indians and its descendants), the Meetis people who caused the early European immigrants and the early European immigrants and the Aboriginal people. The "Jordan Principles" refers to ensure that first -nation children can obtain the required social services and support from the government when needed.

The Canadian government announced in January this year to make up for the principle agreement to make up for the child welfare system issues with the First National Conference, including compensation for the affected children and families to compensate 20 billion Canadian dollars; Among them, the first five years invested nearly 20 billion Canadian dollars.

In 2016, the addition of the Human Rights Court ruled that the child welfare system of the Aboriginal reserved land was insufficient, and the aboriginal children were systematically discriminated against by the Canadian Federal Government. The Human Rights Court presented in 2019, asking the government to compensate for the aboriginal children and their families who were sent to the conservation agencies in an improper way.

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