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Support Info: If you are a Survivor and need emotional support, a national crisis line is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week: Residential School Survivor Support Line: 1-866-925-4419. Additional Health Support Information: Emotional, cultural, and professional support services are also available to Survivors and their families through the Indian Residential Schools Resolution Health Support Program. Services can be accessed on an individual, family, or group basis.” These & regional support phone numbers are found at https://nctr.ca/contact/survivors/ . MY EMAIL: tracelara@pm.me

Friday, January 26, 2018

First Nations Poverty the cause of a humanitarian crisis? Broken Spirits

A A two-day emergency meeting in Ottawa begins today, to discuss what the Minister of Indigenous Services has called a “humanitarian crisis.”

"Right now dollars flow into the child welfare system according to the number of kids that are apprehended," said Jane Philpott. "So the more children in care, the more money comes out of government coffers."


READ: We must disrupt the foster care system and remove perverse incentives, says Minister Jane Philpott - Home | The Current with Anna Maria Tremonti | CBC Radio

CBC News: Jane Philpott unveils 6-point plan to improve 'perverse' First Nations child welfare system


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