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The purpose of the original agreement signed in 2004 was to allow the Canadian government to turn back all asylum seekers entering Canada from the United States on the pretext that the latter is a “safe country” for refugees.
Provincial lawyers argue Manitoba's policy to claw back federal money meant for children in care was constitutionally valid and not discriminatory.
A civil trial between Indigenous CFS agencies and the Province of Manitoba wrapped up on Friday.
Lawyers representing more than a dozen CFS agencies are accusing the province of discrimination, saying Indigenous children paid the price when the province clawed back hundreds of millions of dollars meant for children in care.
Lawyers for Indigenous child welfare agencies in Manitoba argued in court Tuesday that the provincial government misappropriated more than $250 million meant for vulnerable Indigenous children in care over a 13-year period.