Passage of Bill C-92 good news, says Grand Council Chief Hare – Manitoulin Expositor

January 10, 2020

M’CHIGEENG – The Grand Council Chief of the Union of Ontario Indians (UOI), Glen Hare, welcomes the news from the Minister of Indigenous Services concerning the announcement of the passage of Bill C-92, an Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Metis children, youth and families in relation to Indigenous child and family services.

“Well, it’s good news,” stated Grand Council Chief Hare, when contacted by the Recorder on Friday of last week. “We are trying to get our own child welfare act and jurisdiction over child and family services, hopefully this year, and hope that this (federal) act complements what we are trying to accomplish.”

Grand Chief Hare stated, “I’m glad the focus is on child welfare and leaving it up to First Nations to put it in place, and decide how it will look like. None of this is new to us, and I feel we can manage the dollars better than the government. And the funds will not all go into legal or court services as they do now.”

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