Feds’ silence on funding, transition plan for child welfare law causing ‘intense nervousness and frustration’

Bill C-92 takes effect Jan. 1, bringing in new, stricter, and culturally sensitive standards to Indigenous child welfare decisions. 
Advocates say Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller and his department should have a transition plan ahead of the Jan. 1 start date of new national standards that will affect all decisions governing Indigenous children in care.
With an imminent law change looming that fundamentally changes how governments approach Indigenous child welfare, advocates say they are left filling a gap Ottawa has created by failing to offer an implementation plan, or funding, less than a month out from the law’...

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