Closing submissions are set to begin Wednesday in a First Nation’s complaint before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal accusing the federal government of systemically underfunding and neglecting on-reserve education in Ontario.
The Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation alleges Ottawa’s education funding formula substantially underfunds on-reserve schools, fails to meet students’ needs and perpetuates historic disadvantage.
Opening submissions at the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal began in October.
The federal justice department has argued that the First Nation’s evidence is “speculative” and has said the community’s elementary school is “well-resourced” in comparison to some provincial schools.
