Jul
20
2008
There is a direct link between the limited funds for decent housing and the physical and mental health of our families.
Poverty is linked to housing and as you see this house here, if I were a Child and Family worker and was assessing the home, I would consider health, would consider safety and overcrowding. Obviously [...]
Jul
14
2008
What I believe needs to happen is that as we as Indigenous Nations and Leaders and Grand Parents and Parents. If we truly believe that the children are the future then we have to know that the future is right now. Not five years from now or ten years from now. It’s Today. We need [...]
Jul
10
2008
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip
The one thing the Government of Canada needs to understand is that as Indigenous People we enjoy undiminished rights to self-determination. Within the Sprit and Intent of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. The Government of Canada needs to respect our human rights and our land rights and adjust its [...]
Jul
08
2008
Chief Wayne Christian and Marie Tonasket - Denommee, Director of Splatsin Child and Family Preservation Team including Jayne Taylor, Tresha Stevens and Vivian Bonneau
Lately in the province of BC their looking at doing an Aboriginal child welfare legislation, which I think is the direction that we want to go.
It makes a huge difference when you try [...]
Jul
06
2008
Chief Sydney Douglas
The funding of First Nations driven child welfare needs to be reviewed,
The Ministry for Children and Family currently pays its employee more then we receive from the government to perform similar duties. Funding must be fair and equal.
Currently in Sto:lo Nation’s there is no funding until there is an apprehension. So the system [...]
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