Special advisor calls for overhaul of Aboriginal child welfare system – CBC
Nov 21, 2016
Grand Chief Ed John has 85 recommendations in new report
A provincial advisor on indigenous children in British Columbia is calling for an overhaul of the current system.
Grand Chief Ed John has 85 recommendations that would “transform child welfare” by — in part — dedicating resources directly to indigenous communities.
“It was the complete focus of the report. The children are never the problem, it’s everything else that is around them and how do we do that and how do we bring them home,” said John.
“What we have seen heretofore has not worked that well.”
