AFN vote on $47.8B child welfare reform deal doesn't pass after lengthy debate

First Nations chiefs have voted to reject a landmark $47.8-billion child welfare reform deal, reached in July with the Canadian government. At a special chiefs assembly in Calgary hosted by the Assembly of First Nations, 267 out of 414 chiefs voted against a resolution in support of the deal after a lengthy debate that at points was emotionally charged as they argued either for or against it. Resolutions remain on the agenda for the final day of the gathering on Friday, including for chiefs to b