Mitzi Dean
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B.C. adds 717 more $10-a-day child care spots across provinceSome 300 of the spaces have been placed at the University of British Columbia. Others have been opened elsewhere in Vancouver, as well as in Squamish, Surrey, and Houston.PoliticsFeb 9
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‘Significant reset’: Eby drops B.C. children’s minister from post in mini cabinet shufflePremier David Eby says Mitzi Dean will now serve as minister of state for child care, overseeing the province's child care initiatives.PoliticsJan 15
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All former youth in care in B.C. now eligible for education tuition waiversThe ombudsperson has released a report calling on B.C. to compensate a woman who left government care at 17 years old to live with her aunt, but was denied post-secondary funding.EducationSep 14, 2023
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Children’s ministry refuses to compensate youth it misinformed: B.C. ombudspersonThe Ministry of Children and Family Development rejects three of the report's five recommendations, which is troubling to the ombudsperson.PoliticsSep 6, 2023
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‘He was a fighter’: Father of boy who died in horrific foster home abuse demands accountabilityA B.C. father whose son died in a horrific case of foster care abuse is calling for greater accountability in the child welfare system as he remembers his son.CrimeJul 13, 2023
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B.C. minister defies calls to resign after horrific First Nations foster child abuseDespite public pressure, the minister responsible for child welfare doesn't appear to have any plans to step down in the aftermath of a high-profile case of foster child abuse.PoliticsJul 11, 2023
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‘Lake Errock is the again’: Retired B.C. Mountie believes foster child tragedy won’t be lastRuss Grabb still has his notes from May 11, 1993, when he attended the BC Children’s Hospital as the lead major crime investigator in a case of horrific toddler abuse.PoliticsJul 11, 2023
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Staff lose jobs after abused foster child dies in care, opposition parties want Dean sackedThe ministry responsible has now confirmed staff who failed to check in on the abused First Nations children have lost their jobs.PoliticsJun 29, 2023
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Watchdog to probe First Nations child abuse case as B.C. minister urged to resignMitzi Dean, who has led the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) since November 2020, has failed to take meaningful accountability in the case, the leaders allege.PoliticsJun 26, 2023
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B.C. increases pay for foster familiesFoster families in B.C. will get a monthly pay raise of hundreds of dollars starting April 1. Mitzi says rates were frozen for nearly a decade under the previous government.PoliticsMar 29, 2023
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