"We voluntarily asked Child, Youth and Family Services to assist us to find an addiction program for him ... Later on, it went off the rails." From the time he was a baby, Thunderheart Tshakapesh had an interest in music. "Our kids are not revenue ... Our youth, our aboriginal, Indigenous youth, have been called mortgage payments. "Child, Youth Family Services is not the answer for our people." Rehab needed at homeTaking Innu children from their home separates them from the connection they have to their land, he said.

Source: CBC News June 07, 2017 17:35 UTC