On February 27, 2007, the Assembly of First Nations [AFN] and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada [FNCFCS] filed a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission. The complaint alleges that the Government of Canada has a longstanding pattern of providing less government funding for child welfare services to First Nations Children on reserve than is provided to non-Aboriginal children. Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director of the FNCFCS, has invited the public to “be a witness” to this historic case, which challenges the Government of Canada to provide equitable funding to all children and youth receiving child welfare services across Canada. “Being a witness” is described by the FNCFCS as “making a commitment to follow the case by either coming to watch the tribunal in person or by following it in [the] local media… and decid[ing] for yourself whether or not you feel the federal government is treating First Nations children fairly today”. The Ontario Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth has made a commitment to watch the tribunal in person. For more information click on this link to the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada website.