The Sixties Scoop & the Duty to Consult: A New Frontier in Aboriginal Litigation?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elysa Hogg
Alex Darling
Description
Case comment on Brown v Canada (Attorney General), the class action suit in Ontario involving the removal of children from their families on reserve, and placing them with non-Indian adoptive families, and foster and group homes. At issue was whether the Federal government had breached fiduciary or common law duties to prevent loss of identity in post-placement period.