Yellowknife family law lawyer Margo Nightingale says child protection workers are required to consider the harm that apprehending children causes families. The woman says after the child protection workers became supportive, they developed such a plan, known as a voluntary service agreement. The assistant deputy minister of child and family services, Les Harrison, says apprehension is a last resort. social services had explained they could not be enrolled because of a delay in getting documents from their schools back home. Health and Social Services Minister Glen Abernethy last month in Yellowknife looking at a foster parent recruitment campaign poster.

Source: CBC News April 16, 2019 10:52 UTC