Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak speaks in the foyer of the House of Commons, on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024.Photo by Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press/File

AFN votes to reject $47.8B child welfare reform deal with federal government

267 out of 414 chiefs voted against a resolution in support of the deal after a lengthy, sometimes emotionally charged debate

by · National Post

OTTAWA — First Nations chiefs have voted to reject a landmark $47.8-billion child welfare reform deal, reached in July with the Canadian government.

At a special chiefs assembly in Calgary hosted by the Assembly of First Nations, 267 out of 414 chiefs voted against a resolution in support of the deal after a lengthy debate that at points was emotionally charged as they argued either for or against it.

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