C-18Government of CanadaLIBERAL
Indigenous Child and Family Services Act, 2026
Follows the 2024 Canadian Human Rights Tribunal compliance order; underfunding had been the operative finding for years.
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Introduced✓
1st Reading✓
2nd Reading4
Committee5
Report6
3rd Reading7
Royal AssentSummary
Updates the 2019 Act with binding funding formula based on substantive equality, an independent Indigenous Children's Commissioner, and reformed information-sharing provisions for cross-jurisdictional cases.
Sponsored by
Patty HajduLIBERAL