Another foster child’s death prompts Chase to demand public inquiry into foster care
Calgary – Harry Chase, Alberta Liberal critic for children and youth services, demands a public inquiry into the province’s foster care system.
Chase’s demand comes in response to leaked information from inside the ministry that an aboriginal child has died in protective custody in the Stony Plain area. Details are incomplete because at this point the Stelmach administration hasn’t released any information.
“Minister Fritz has had more than enough chances to clean up the foster care system and ensure the safety of vulnerable children,” Chase says. “It’s time for a public inquiry.”
“For too long the Tories have hidden behind the shield of client confidentiality to cover up the mounting evidence of their callous incompetence,” Chase says. “Hiding the facts about the death of this child and all the children before him or her does nothing to keep kids safer. Just the opposite.”
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