As British Columbia’s Representative for Children and Youth, it is my job to monitor the child- and youth-serving systems in this province and make comments and recommendations on how these systems can be improved. My staff and I take a global view, well-informed by data and evidence as well as by what we hear from […]
SASKATOON – November 20 is National Child Day, a celebration of the global pledge made to children’s rights. Canada became a signatory to these rights by ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in 1991. With nearly 200 countries adopting the UNCRC, each year, on Nov. 20, the international community […]
Today, the British Columbia government announced proposed key amendments to legislation (Bill 38) that will act as an important step towards reducing barriers for Indigenous Nations and communities to assert jurisdiction over their own child welfare. This is a positive development that, as Representative for Children and Youth (RCY), I strongly support. It is an […]
Since April 2016, when the province first declared it a Public Health Emergency, the devastating effects of the toxic drug crisis on British Columbia have grown more apparent by the month. Illicit drug overdoses are now overwhelmingly the leading cause of unnatural deaths in this province, far eclipsing other causes such as motor vehicle accidents […]
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