OTTAWA - As the first Canada Child Benefit cheques were mailed in 2016, cabinet ministers fanned out across the country to raise awareness about the Liberals' landmark new program to lift children out of poverty.
A day to recognize the fundamental rights of all Indigenous children to have equitable access to government services will be held across Canada on Tuesday.
Ottawa announced Tuesdayit had secured agreements in principle to compensate First Nations children harmed by its underfunding of child welfare, revealing for the first time early details about what the historic arrangement will cover.