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What are the immediate impacts of the failed \$47.8 billion child-welfare agreement and how is the AFN responding to the divisions it caused?

Following a year of internal division over a rejected \$47.8 billion child-welfare agreement, Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak is prioritizing unity and strengthening the AFN's advocacy. She aims to re-establish the organization as a powerful voice for over 600 First Nations, focusing on empowering First Nations families to care for their children. A separate \$23 billion compensation deal for past discriminatory underfunding of on-reserve child-welfare services is moving forward.