Brittany Bannerman, the former foster parent of 6-year-old Johnson Redhead, is calling for an inquiry into the death of the boy she used to care for.
Brittany Bannerman, the former foster parent of six-year-old Johnson Redhead, is calling for an inquiry into the boy's death. The former foster parent of a six-year-old boy who went missing and was later found dead in a northeastern Manitoba community is calling for an inquiry into his death.
Bannerman, who chairs the diversity committee of the Manitoba Foster Parent Association, wants an inquiry, which she said would address ongoing systemic gaps in Manitoba's child and family services, the education system, family support programs and health-care services. RCMP previously said Johnson was last seen around 9 a.m. on Sept. 18, when he attended a breakfast program at school in Shamattawa First Nation, about 750 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg. He didn't show up to class after that, and was reported missing around 12:30 p.m.
"The access to educational assistants and those sorts of supports are in dire need, especially in northern Manitoba, and while I would love to say that all of the Winnipeg schools are better, they're not. We have a shortage of educational assistants and of proper funding for supports provincewide."The Awasis Agency of Northern Manitoba, which oversees child and family services in Shamattawa First Nation, declined to comment.
People search for Johnson in Shamattawa First Nation. Searchers in the community immediately began combing wooded areas, trails, roads and sheds and checking construction equipment after he was reported missing, RCMP said.
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