Chiefs from across Canada heard from representative plaintiffs ahead of a scheduled vote on a $47.8 billion child and family services reform agreement reached with Canada in July.

After two days of lengthy and contentious discussions in Toronto, Ontario's First Nations have ratified a $47.8-billion child welfare reform agreement with Ottawa, which has been in the works since 2016.

First Nations chiefs have voted to reject a landmark $47.8-billion child welfare reform deal, reached in July with the Canadian government. The deal was struck between Canada, the Chiefs of Ontario, Nishnawbe Aski Nation and the Assembly of First Nations after a nearly two-decade legal fight over the federal government’s underfunding of on-reserve child welfare services.