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VIA EMAIL: Registry.Office@chrt-tcdp.gc.ca Re: FIRST NATIONS CHILD AND FAMILY CARING SOCIETY OF CANADA ET AL

24 May 2023

Dubois: Re: FIRST NATIONS CHILD AND FAMILY CARING SOCIETY OF CANADA ET AL v ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA – T#1340/7008 Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) has had the opportunity to review the submissions of Canada, the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society (Caring Society), and the Chiefs of Ontario (COO) all dated May 10, 2023, in response to the Panel’s letter of March 16, 2023. [...] Canada’s Submission, Remoteness, and the 1965 Agreement We agree that Canada’s submission details the investments and commitments that have been made in response to the Tribunal’s orders. [...] We confirm the following developments of particular concern to NAN: - NAN’s and ISC’s establishment of the NAN-Canada Remoteness Quotient (RQ) Table, further to 2017 CHRT 7, and ISC’s provision of resources to conduct research and develop an RQ methodology that ISC could use to determine evidence-based funding adjustments required to account for the increased costs associated with remoteness with. [...] Office@chrt-tcdp.gc.ca 2 the increased costs associated with remoteness with respect to the delivery of child and family services in remote First Nation communities across the country; - NAN’s establishment in partnership with four other First Nations organizations of the National Assembly of Remote Communities (NARC) to provide a national advocacy voice for remote Indigenous communities; - Canada. [...] In NAN’s view, implementation of the Tribunal’s order that ISC cease its discriminatory practices and reform the FNCFS Program to ensure substantive equality requires the application of an evidence-based methodology to index funding to fully account for the increased costs associated with remoteness.

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Joanne K

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