Heading into last week’s emergency Indigenous child welfare meeting in Ottawa, advocates I spoke to were skeptical that it would achieve much-needed change. Story’s crusade is notable not just for her tenacity or because it puts a spotlight on the endlessly punitive child welfare system. The state, via the child welfare system, is putting a chill on one mother’s freedom of speech. For families, however, experiences with the prison system dovetail with their experiences with the child welfare system. The very first calls to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission focus on fixing the child welfare system.

Source: thestar February 01, 2018 10:52 UTC