Families subjected to birth alerts deserve an apology, says B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth
The B.C. government ‘should acknowledge how wrong and harmful this practice was’
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Several Canadian provinces still issue birth alerts, deemed ‘unconstitutional and illegal’ in B.C.
Atlantic provinces and Quebec are amongst the jurisdictions that use the practice.
Potential for class action as a result of ‘illegal and unconstitutional’ birth alerts say B.C. lawyers
‘One would be a path under the Charter because there’s a good argument that they are systemically discriminating against Indigenous people.’
Birth alerts are ‘raced-based genocide’ says Mi’kmaw lawyer
An Indigenous couple in B.C. is living the nightmare all new parents fear – keeping…