AFN presentation to federal Finance Committee deals with child welfare
September 21, 2006 - 7:40pm | by Anonymous
National Chief Phil Fontaine's presentation to the federal Finance Committee on Tuesday, September 19 highlights the results of continuous government underfunding for remote and rural First Nations across Canada. A crisis situation exists in Canada with the facts facing federal politicians ...
- There are more First Nations children in care today than at any time in history --including residential schools
- 30-40% of all children in care are First Nations, Inuit or Métis
- Over 10% of First Nations children are in care
- Compared to less than 1% of other Canadians
- This number is up 71.5% between 1995 and 2001 and is a direct result of a lack of adequate government funding
- Other key drivers of this situation include:
- Poverty, poor housing and health issues
Below is the handout presented to the media and committee members. Click here for the 18 page presentation. (PDF, 1.2Mb)
