The atrocity was not just a sorrow for the Black community whose children were lost, Patterson wrote. Sagkeeng councillor Marilyn Courchene holds the report from Daphne Penrose, the Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth, on the death of Tina Fontaine. Article Continued Below“We listened to the prologue unbestirred.” The same might be said in this country about the tragic life and ghastly death of Tina Fontaine, a 15-year-old Indigenous girl who sought help many times in the weeks before she was found dead in 2014 in Winnipeg’s Red River. They are “falling through the cracks of society’s safety net, just like Tina,” Penrose said. After reading the Penrose report, we should insist that those who represent us ensure all children at risk have safe, secure lodging.

Source: thestar March 14, 2019 21:22 UTC