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Message to Nations: THANK YOU!!
Commission Chair Chief Frost
CFS Dialogue Session AFN 2026
Canada's communications to Nations have not been clear, and often not honourable. If you missed the Dialogue Session on Monday, you can watch it above. If you want a quick overview, please watch Commissioner Jacko's video. The slide show to the right clarifies some myths and facts and contains timelines related to the CFS processes. The substance of the resolutions being put forward appear below.
AFN Plenary slides
Message to Chiefs:
Commissioner Kelsey Jacko
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Diapositives plénières
Resolution #11:
Minimum standards for ending Canada’s discrimination in FNCFS asks the Nations in Assembly to support the following:
i. First Nations-led decision-making: First Nations must hold decision-making authority over the design, funding, management and oversight of FNCFS, with meaningful roles for Rights Holders, Elders/Knowledge Keepers, and youth, including those with lived experience in care.
ii. Human Rights principles: the reformed FNCFS must be implemented in a manner that consistently upholds human rights, including substantive equality, intergenerational equity, the best interests of the child, and cultural continuity.
iii. Needs-based funding: All FNCFS funding must meet the actual, evolving and distinct needs and circumstances of First Nations across Canada.
iv. Durability against ongoing or new discrimination: Legal safeguards must protect long-term reforms from erosion due to fiscal restraint, policy change, or political cycles
Resolution #12:
This resolution asks the Nations to call on Canada to take steps to fully ensure that all communications regarding First Nations Child and Family Services (FNCFS) long-term reform are comprehensive, accurate and uphold Canada’s obligations under free, prior and informed consent and Honour of the Crown responsibilities, by;
i. Clarifying that any proposed reform plan (including Canada’s National Plan) remains subject to CHRT review and approval.
ii. Accurately reflecting the respective roles of First Nations, Canada, and other parties involved with
the CHRT proceedings.
iii. Avoiding statements that imply that any plan is final, fully approved, or implemented prior to Tribunal determination.
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