Canadian court dismisses appeal of ruling to pay compensation to First Nations children - AA

Canada’s Federal Court ruled Wednesday that payment of CAN$40,000 each to around 50,000 Indigenous children is not out of line, leaving the government with a bill that totals billions of dollars.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government filed for a judicial review of the compensation, ordered by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal in 2019, which would see children in the on-reserve child welfare system receive the funds because they were discriminated against due to the system being underfunded.

The Liberal government had argued that the tribunal-ordered $40,000 payment was unreasonable. Opposition political parties had hammered Trudeau for taking compensation for Indigenous children to court while on the other hand acknowledging the tribes were historically mistreated dating back to the arrival of Europeans...