‘No guts’: Experts weigh-in on Ontario government’s proposed child welfare overhaul
‘I don’t see the fundamental changes needed to keep young people safe’
Kenneth Jackson
Kenneth is a journalist with nearly two decades of reporting experience who focuses on crime and social issues, including child welfare and wrongful convictions. He has worked out of APTN’s Ottawa bureau since October 2012.
11 Indigenous children died in last four months connected to Ontario’s child welfare system
Former child advocate calls for independent inquiry into child welfare system
Long-term care home ‘detained’ resident for leaving home, calls police: recording
Cayleah Lamarsh wanted to buy cigarettes at the local gas station
Ontario government wants $300 to say how many kids in care have died during pandemic
APTN News has been trying to get the data since April
Law society documents reveal how Crown avoided discipline in wrongful conviction of Metis man
Clayton Boucher was wrongfully convicted in 2017 after exonerating evidence withheld in Alberta
Ontario increases size of foster homes, allow inspections over telephone due to pandemic
Plus an update on mothers denied visits with their children
Following Cayleah: Death total reaches 27 in her long-term care home as she recovers in hospital
Family of another resident say home leaving everyone in the dark on severity of outbreak
Nation to Nation: A wide-ranging interview with Marc Miller on making policy in crisis and what’s to come
His first days as minister saw him faced with everything from a suicide crisis in Saskatchewan.
RCMP apologize to Métis man for withholding evidence in wrongful conviction
Apology part of recent settlement in civil lawsuit.