More than 50 insiders with Ontario’s child-welfare system are blowing the whistle, telling Global News they believe for-profit group homes companies are targeting, and in some cases, even charging more to care for Indigenous youth.
11:48 | November 25, 202300:31 | February 21, 2024 From remote First Nations in northern Ontario to Nunavut -- Global News found that communities with the fewest resources were often forced to send their children hundreds of kilometres away – to private group homes in the south. Former youth in care say the experience of leaving community and culture is traumatizing and lasting.
Carolyn Jarvis investigates. From remote First Nations in northern Ontario to Nunavut -- Global News found that communities with the fewest resources were often forced to send their children hundreds of kilometres away – to private group homes in the south. Former youth in care say the experience of leaving community and culture is traumatizing and lasting. Carolyn Jarvis investigates.
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