Indigenous leaders brace for Supreme Court's child welfare law decision

It’ll be a pivotal decision either way.

Indigenous people across the country are bracing for a potentially landmark opinion from the Supreme Court of Canada, which will decide Friday whether the Trudeau government’s Indigenous child welfare law is constitutional.

Indigenous leaders hope Canada’s top court, after deliberating for more than a year, will uphold Indigenous Peoples’ authority over their kids, but they’re aware the court could reject the law, dealing a devastating blow to their quest for self-determination.

“This is a very key moment,” said Natan Obed, president of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami national advocacy organization.

He added that this piece of legislation affects the lives