Advocates call for federal commissioner for children and youth, after UN report expresses serious concerns

‘Our performance on children’s rights and children’s well-being has been going in the wrong direction,’ says ISG Senator Rosemary Moodie of the UN report calling for urgent measures to address conditions faced by Indigenous and racialized children, and children with disabilities in Canada.

Families Minister Karina Gould, seen here responding to the auditor general’s May 2022 reports, is reviewing the UN committee's report and will 'continue to consider all options to advance the status of children,' according to a spokesperson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

June 13, 2022

Children’s advocates are renewing their call for Ottawa to establish a federal commissioner for children and youth, after a recent United Nations report reinforced warnings that Canada is falling short on the obligations it agreed to when Parliament ratified the UN ...

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