The report makes clear that the troubling findings are not unique to the Thunder Bay homes. The advocate’s office was alerted to alarming conditions in the homes by a whistle-blowing employee who contacted them in June 2016. The advocate’s report examined three Thunder Bay homes operated by Johnson Children’s Services Inc., a company headquartered in Vaughan. All of this puts kids at risk,” said Irwin Elman , who was the province’s child advocate when the report was produced. Johnson services operated as a “foster care agency,” which means its homes had no more than four children.

Source: thestar April 30, 2019 23:26 UTC