The federal government is dragging its feet on rectifying the inequalities in First Nations child welfare since last year鈥檚 Human Rights Tribunal ruling, advocate Cindy Blackstock says.

Last year, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled that Ottawa was discriminating against First Nations children by failing to provide equal welfare service.

They ordered the government to develop a new child welfare system as well as provide immediate funding relief.

But after one year, Blackstock told CTV鈥檚 Power Play that she hasn鈥檛 seen a lot of progress.

The Canadian Human Right Tribunal has already issued two non-compliance orders and Blackstock said further non-compliance orders will likely be put forward in March.

鈥淭he sad thing about this is when the government doesn鈥檛 comply, little kids are paying the price,鈥� she said, referring to the recent string of suicides on remote First Nations communities.

However, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett argued that the government was 鈥渄oing anything but dragging [their] feet鈥� on the matter.

鈥淪ince the Jordan鈥檚 Principle definition was changed [鈥 there are 1,500 more kids getting their needs met than in June last year,鈥� she told CTV Power Play.

Bennett argued that the government has fixed the funding problem and that they are working towards implementing the reforms needed.

In the 2016 budget the government had earmarked $71 million for immediate relief and in July 2016 Health Minister Jane Philpott announced that the government will spend an additional $382 million over the next three years.

But Blackstock said she hasn鈥檛 seen the funding reach the children in need.

鈥淥f the $382 million that they announced they鈥檝e only spent about $11 million on kids,鈥� she said. 鈥淲e don鈥檛 know where the rest of that money has gone, but it hasn鈥檛 gone to help kids and it certainly didn鈥檛 go to see the kids in Northern Ontario.鈥�

Although, Bennett said the 鈥渕oney is rolling out,鈥� adding that more than $100 million will be coming March 31.

Bennett told Power Play that the government will now start focusing on the system reforms needed.

In the meantime Blackstock calls on the public to take action.

鈥淲hat we need [鈥 is for the public to say: no more racial discrimination against children. It鈥檚 unacceptable. There鈥檚 no excuse for it and it needs to end,鈥� she said.