B.C. passes 1st-in-Canada legislation giving Indigenous peoples jurisdiction over family services, child welfare

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British Columbia has become the first jurisdiction in Canada to recognize and uphold the rights of Indigenous communities to provide their own child and family services.

On Friday morning, the province announced the historic passing of the Indigenous Self-Government in Child and Family Services Amendment, almost one month to date since B.C. proposed overhauling its child-welfare system.

At the time they were proposed, Grand Chief Stewart Phillips of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs said the legislation couldn’t be passed soon enough. The numbers are even higher in B.C., according to provincial data that shows Indigenous children represent 68 per cent of those in care.

 

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