26-01-2016 22:33 via feeds.theguardian.com

Canada pledges to overhaul broken welfare program for indigenous children

Funds to be increased after human rights body found country was racially discriminating against aboriginal youth by underfunding the system in OttawaCanada’s federal government has pledged to overhaul its broken First Nation child welfare program after a human rights body found it was racially discriminating against aboriginal youth by underfunding the system.Tuesday’s ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal is being called one of the most important rights decisions related to t
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