Our Soapbox Social panel, podcast host Mo Amir and Vancouver criminal lawyer Kyla Lee, discuss B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth Jennifer Charlesworth’s call for an overhaul of the provincial child welfare system, three years after foster parents beat to death an 11-year-old Indigenous boy in their care.
“We’ve seen reports like this in the past and we haven’t seen substantive change when it comes to dealing with kids in care. I am optimistic that the government does seem to be really committed to dealing with Indigenous kids with cooperation with Indigenous communities and I think that’s a big change that hopefully will make a significant difference…”
