Youth advocates are skeptical that the issue of children in government care will receive adequate attention as B.C. CBC News asked each of them what their government would do to better protect Indigenous youth in care. It's pretty astounding to hear about the level of trauma experienced in foster care. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson calls the care of children by government a critically important function, pointing to the disproportionate number of Indigenous youth in the child-care system. "It's a core function of government to make sure Indigenous youth are looking at a world of opportunity; higher education is critically important."

Source: CBC News October 03, 2020 02:38 UTC