A new report into the death of Tina Fontaine further highlights the need for First Nations to be empowered and funded to help vulnerable youth in their communities, according to one advocate. | TheCurrentCBC
Penrose reviewed the services provided to Fontaine before her death, and made five recommendations to prevent a similar situation from happening again.
The report suggested it was "a system-wide failure," said Scott Fielding, the province's former minister of families, and current finance minister.We ... want to ensure a situation like this, with Tina, really never happens again, where someone is able to fall through the cracks of the system.
Injustice is a way of Indigenous life, say advocates dismayed at verdict in Tina Fontaine murder trial "We as a government really want to ensure a situation like this, with Tina, really never happens again, where someone is able to fall through the cracks of the system," he said. Following the report's release, the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs renewed a call for an independent inquiry into Fontaine's death. Premier Brian Pallister responded that he wants
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