Feds commit $800K to Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs First Nations Family Advocate

The federal government is committing $800,000 to the office of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs First Nations Family Advocate.

The assembly said the money will help the office expand the scope of its work in dealing with what it calls staggering numbers of Indigenous children in child and family-care care services.

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The organization said Manitoba has the highest child apprehension rate in the western world with the lowest threshold for apprehension orders, noting that children are often seized because of poverty.

Cora Morgan, the First Nations Family Advocate, said the current system has failed Indigenous children and families, and the focus must be on family restoration, not apprehension.