Thank you.
It's been two weeks since the Human Rights Tribunal ruling that Canada systematically racially discriminates against indigenous children. My office is flooded with calls from families saying that their children were denied medical services. We see documents saying that severely handicapped children are being denied services, but they say they will provide the services in the documents. The federal Department of Health says they'll provide those services if they voluntarily give their children up to foster care.
I'm asking, in light of that, have there been discussions between the AFN and the individual departments of Health, and Justice, and Indigenous Affairs about how this government will break apart that systemic discrimination and move beyond the nice words I've heard? What are the systemic changes that are going to be needed in the department? Have they begun to speak with you about how to dismantle the system?