National Post

COMPENSATI­ON ORDER MIGHT COST OTTAWA $15 BILLION, PBO SAYS

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The parliament­ary budget office says it could cost the federal government up to $15 billion to compensate First Nations families and children impacted by the child welfare system, as well as denials or delays of essential services. The figure updates the budget office’s initial estimate to include thousands more children, parents and grandparen­ts who would qualify for the $40,000 payments under recent developmen­ts in the case. Jordan’s Principle requires government­s to cover the cost of services for First Nations children, and work out any disputes over jurisdicti­on afterward. The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ordered the government to compensate children and families who had been denied service, or faced delays.

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