Adedokun Waliyu 
A Federal Court judge has verbally approved a landmark $23-billion settlement that will see Ottawa compensate more than 300,000 First Nations children and their families over chronic underfunding of on-reserve child-welfare services.
It comes more than 15 years after the Assembly of First Nations and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society launched a joint human rights complaint.
The 2007 complaint revolved around allegations that Ottawa’s underfunding of on-reserve child welfare services amounted to discrimination. It also said First Nations children were denied equal access to support like school supplies and medical equipment.
