Quebec’s human rights commission is investigating reports that the province’s youth protection services failed to act on a suspected case of child genital…
The commission said Thursday that it opened the probe on its own initiative after learning in the media about the case involving a two-year-old girl.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc.
“The investigation aims to verify whether the alleged facts are true and if the rights of the child have been respected,” the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse said in a news release. “Its goal is also to ensure that measures are taken so that such a situation does not happen again.”
Questioned in the legislature about the case, junior health minister Lionel Carmant assured the opposition that there would be a review about the way child abuse is reported to authorities. Carmant said he had called the national director of the province’s child protection services.
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