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Indigenous leaders in Canada are hoping their government will approve a series of reforms for the foster care system that disproportionately separates Indigenous families. Statistics Canada reports Indigenous children make up more than half of those under age 4 in the foster care system. Indigenous people make up less than 8 percent of the total population. The push comes following a heart-wrenching video of a newborn child taken from its mother in a Manitoba hospital. We get an overview of the Canadian child welfare system and hear about the efforts to improve it.
Guests:
Cora Morgan (Sagkeeng First Nation) – First Nations family advocate from the assembly of Manitoba chiefs
Ardith Walkem (member of the Mlaka’pamux) – lawyer with Cedar & Sage Law Corporation
Ryan Walsh (Algonquin) – facilitator for Giiwedin Anang Council which is part of the Aboriginal Legal Services (“geh-way-den An-ong”)
Break 1 Music: Through The Woodlands: Buckskin Flats/ Rod’s Reel/ Les Disputeuses (song) Métis Fiddler Quartet (artist) North West Voyage Nord Ouest (album)
Break 2 Music: The Real People (song) RiverFlowz (artist) RiverFlowz (album)
