Canada Child Welfare System

• Nunavut vows review of costs, more checks on kids sent south amid Global News investigation

  Nunavut says it will review what it pays providers to care for its children outside the territory amid allegations of mistreatment following Global News investigation

  Investigations

  Mar 6, 2024
  
• ‘When am I coming home?’: Vulnerable Nunavut kids face loneliness, despair as millions spent sending them south

  Nunavut was billed 53 per cent more per day, on average, for a child to live in an Ontario group home compared to what children’s aid societies in Ontario paid.

  Investigations

  Mar 4, 2024
  
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• Global News investigation exposes ‘dark secret of Canada,’ veteran NDP MP says

  A federal NDP member of Parliament is blasting the federal Liberal and Ontario Conservative governments following a Global News investigation.

  Investigations

  Mar 1, 2024
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• Indigenous kids allegedly called ‘cash cows’ of Ontario’s child-welfare system

  More than 50 insiders from Ontario’s child-welfare system allege for-profit group home companies are targeting or charging more to care for Indigenous youth to increase revenue.

  Investigations

  Mar 1, 2024
• Ontario proposing fines of $250K for anyone caught breaking child-protection laws

  Ontario is proposing to increase fines for individuals convicted of breaking child-welfare laws from $1,000 per day of non-compliance to a maximum court-imposed fine of $250,000.

  Investigations

  Jul 18, 2023
• Ontario children’s aid society handed $1.3M after Global News report

  Sarnia-Lambton Children’s Aid Society (CAS) received the new money and is home to a groundbreaking initiative in the province's child-welfare system

  Investigations

  Mar 23, 2023
• Ontario youth group home chain hit with $60M proposed class-action over alleged ‘abuse’

  A proposed class-action lawsuit filed against an Ontario group home chain alleges the company’s key figures “enriched” themselves at the expense of vulnerable kids in their care.

  Investigations

  Mar 6, 2023
• Opposition calls for investigation into Ontario for-profit group home chain

  Ontario's NDP are calling for an investigation into the province’s second-largest operator of kids’ group homes following an investigation by Global News.

  Investigations

  Nov 23, 2022
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• 2 trailers, 1 boat: Docs. reveal ‘very comfortable’ lifestyle of Ont. youth home operator

  A Global News/APTN investigation uncovered court documents outlining how one of the key players behind Connor Homes appeared to live “a very comfortable lifestyle."

  Investigations

  Jul 6, 2022