Government data shows hundreds of babies are still being taken into care every year
The province stopped the practice in 2020 after a review found it discouraged pregnant women and their families from reaching out for prenatal support.Article content
The province said the minister had been including children up to a year old who had been taken into care. In 2019, 496 babies were apprehended. That dropped to 386 babies the following year when birth alerts ended. Last year, 339 were apprehended.Advertisement 4The minister’s office further clarified that newborn apprehensions decreased by 65 per cent since the Progressive Conservatives took office in 2016. And, it said in an email, a 75 per cent reduction is expected this year.
Squires said in the legislature that “there has been a lot of damage done stemming back decades” around child welfare. She said all levels of government must move forward together.
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