Trudeau silent on jurisdiction, but says coming child welfare bill ’embodies reconciliation’
Justin Trudeau won’t say if his government’s forthcoming Indigenous child welfare legislation will return jurisdiction…
Child Welfare
Child welfare bill a ‘litmus test’ in breaking from colonial policies, National Chief tells Trudeau
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde has personally asked Prime Minister Justin…
‘Political suicide’ if Liberals don’t give First Nations full jurisdiction over child welfare, say leaders
First Nation leaders in B.C. and Saskatchewan say resistance from several provinces and the Trudeau…
CFS agencies need to focus more on keeping families together than on apprehensions says former case worker
InFocus Today’s InFocus was the last in a three-part series putting the child welfare system…
‘Time is tight’: Indigenous child welfare legislation stalled due to complaints from First Nations
The Trudeau government is facing opposition from First Nations across the country on a draft…
‘If we weren’t here… the baby would have been apprehended’: Program in Saskatchewan hoping to keep moms, newborns together
A new program in Saskatchewan called Sanctum 1.5 is a high risk pregnancy and HIV…
Trudeau government ignored pleas of Wet’suwet’en members fighting for rights: NDP MP
NDP MP Nathan Cullen believes the Trudeau government needs to be more respectful of the…
‘All systems go’: Trudeau government pressed to pass Indigenous languages and child welfare bills
It may very well turn out to be a happy new year for the Trudeau…
Teenager who died in care was under the age of two when she was first sexually assaulted, life didn’t get much better says report
The life and death of a 17-year-old First Nations girl is the subject of a…
