First Nation groups in northwestern Ontario say federal budget cuts threaten programs – CBC

Nov 24, 2025

Matawa First Nations Management, KI Family Law share budget concerns

While he understands the need to cut back on spending, Donny Morris says Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget does not send the right message to First Nations.

The chief of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) — a remote Oji-Cree community about 600 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, Ont., — is worried about the fate of his community’s KI Family Law program.

The program, also known as KIDO (Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Dibenjikewin Onnakonikewin) was launched in April 2023 with the passage of KI’s own law and creation of its own family welfare agency. It’s allowed the First Nation to assert jurisdiction over its child and family services.

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