Ontario Child Welfare System

• Ford’s Conservative government failing vulnerable Indigenous youth: Ontario NDP

  The Ontario NDP blasted the Ford government Tuesday, suggesting it is failing to protect vulnerable Indigenous youth in the province.

  Politics

  Mar 5
  
• No home. No options: Ontario Indigenous kids ‘damaged’ by system sending them south

  Many Grassy Narrows children have endured being sent to foster and group homes far away, inflicting what child-welfare experts call 'significant culture shock.'

  Investigations

  Mar 2
  
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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
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• 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 ombudsman slams foster care company, child welfare agencies for failing Indigenous girl

  Ontario's ombudsman has released a searing report which details how multiple child welfare agencies failed to ensure the safety of a 13-year-old Indigenous girl.

  Investigations

  Apr 13, 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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• Reports, inspections, a death: Red flags raised for years inside kids group home chain

  A Global News investigation has uncovered two government reports that raised serious concerns about a large Ontario group home chain.

  Investigations

  Nov 23, 2022
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• ‘Like a zombie’: Ontario group home chain accused of overmedicating kids in care

  Former workers and youth who lived at a large chain of group homes say they were overmedicated, a Global News investigation has found.

  Investigations

  Nov 22, 2022