Read the full news article written by Logan Turner for CBC Thunder Bay on the CBC website:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/wabaseemoong-child-welfare-law-1.5854482
After years of community consultations and hard work, Wabaseemoong Independent Nations in Treaty 3 will see its own child welfare law take effect in the new year.
The customary care code, which was confirmed at a special meeting of the First Nation in 2017, will have the force of federal law, as set out in the landmark Bill C-92 regarding Indigenous child welfare authorities.
“This law was the one that’s been handed down from generations to generations before any other laws came in, and it’s about life and how people help each other and support each other, especially with their children. It is all about preserving families and preserving communities,” said Adolphus Cameron, the executive director of the Wabaseemoong Child Welfare Authority.
“There are two things that we’re going to be concentrating on: preserving families; and going through the healing process for everybody, especially starting with our children.”
