AFN head urges support for child welfare deal, says they won’t get better from Tories
by Alessia Passafiume · Calgary HeraldThe national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is urging chiefs to vote in favour of a landmark child welfare deal, saying she doesn’t think a better agreement would be possible under a different federal government.
Some chiefs, meanwhile, are campaigning to vote down the $47.8-billion child welfare reform agreement at an assembly in Calgary this week.