Alcoholism, abuse, neglect threaten Nunavik children: human rights commission – NunatsiaqOnline
October 19, 2016
“And the solutions cannot come from [Quebec]”
PHILIPPE TEISCEIRA-LESSARD
Translated and re-published with the permission of La Presse
The president of the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission, Camil Picard, recently wrote to several Couillard government ministers, saying the safety and development of children in Nunavik are threatened, La Presse [Quebec’s leading daily newpaper] has learned.
Picard had returned from a trip to Nunavik, from which he drew an undeniable conclusion: the problems associated with education, housing and drinking in this region are putting youth in serious danger. And the solutions cannot “come from the Grande Allée,” [home to Quebec’s National Assembly] but from the communities involved.
