Provincial Government Releases Action Plan in Response to Child and Youth Advocate Report

Two years after the landmark Don’t Look Away report, BC’s Representative for Children and Youth says progress has occurred in some areas but coordination, workforce capacity, and early intervention services remain urgently needed. The progress report notes government actions including a first-in-Canada Child and Youth Well-Being Action Plan and outcomes…

The British Columbia government released the Child and Youth Well-Being Action Plan and Outcomes Framework two years after the call for a formal plan, aiming to coordinate cross-government support for children, youth, and families. The plan will improve information sharing across ministries and align justice, health, education, and social supports around…

British Columbia’s government released a five-year Child and Youth Well-Being Action Plan to improve coordination across ministries and prevent families from falling through the cracks. The plan builds on the Don’t Look Away report and aims to reduce fragmented, lengthy access to services, with a potential merging of the Ministry of Children and Family…

The Newfoundland and Labrador government unveiled a nine-point action plan to improve protection of children and youth in provincial care, stating it will take up to two years to review and implement two key recommendations from the child and youth advocate’s special report. The plan includes an in-depth independent examination of police policies by a…

The article reports that Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tony Wakeham’s PC government is handling the Churchill Falls MOU in a way that Dennis Browne says has turned the issue into a political football and lacks transparency, risking a deal with Quebec. It notes that a new three-person review committee was announced, chaired by Chris Huskilson, while…