FNLC Calls for Immediate Implementation of the Recommendations in the RCY’s Report “Caught in the Middle”

November 29, 2019

(Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ilwətaʔɬ/sel̓ílwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, BC) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) is deeply disturbed with the findings reported in the Representative for Children and Youth’s (RCY) most recent publication “Falling through the Cracks” which tells the story of a young man whose life and eventual death highlight the failings of the current interprovincial child welfare system, and the lack of trauma-informed practices. “Romain’s” life emphasizes how a lack of oversight in child welfare service delivery between provinces can have life-threatening and tragic consequences.