The Promise and Pitfalls of C-92: An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families

• Main Authors: Metallic, Naiomi, Friedland, Hadley, Morales, Sarah
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Schulich Law Scholars 2019
• Subjects: bill c-92; child and family services; First Nations; self-governance; Indigenous; Indian; and Aboriginal Law; Law; inuit
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/scholarly_works/135; https://works.bepress.com/naiomi-metallic/13/download/

The purposes of Bill C-92 is to recognize Indigenous People’s jurisdiction over child and family services, as part of an inherent and Aboriginal right to self- governance; to establish national standards in this area, in response to the TRC’s Call to Action #4; and to contribute to the implementation of UNDRIP. In this article, we identify both the improvements in Bill C-92 since our last report as well as key problems that remain in the five following areas: 1) National Standards 2) Jurisdiction 3) Funding 4) Accountability 5) Data Collection We also suggest strategies to assist Indigenous communities in trying to work with the new law.