Ottawa spent $707,000 in legal fees fighting a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal order since January 2016 that insisted they stop discriminating against Indigenous children, according to the attorney general’s office. The government has received a series of non-compliance orders from the tribunal since their 2016 ruling. He said the government has been responding to the legal case at the tribunal and “can’t ignore orders to appear. I can’t wrap my mind around why good people would not comply with four legal orders,” she said, adding she sent the letter to Trudeau on Monday. Parliament unanimously passed a motion to adopt Jordan’s Principle in 2007, to ensure that all Indigenous children immediately get health and welfare services they need.

Source: thestar June 02, 2017 11:03 UTC