\u0022Was every measure taken to keep this mother and her infant together?\u0022 — B.C. Green party leader Sonia Furstenau.
“It was heart-breaking,” Sonja said, showing pictures on her phone of she and her husband cuddling their swaddled newborn.B.C. Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau
“This is generations of child welfare policy oriented toward systemic racism against Indigenous people,” she said.Article content The couple, who was working with B.C. Housing to secure a stable home, was living aboard a makeshift boat built from recycling containers, water bottles and wood, and moored in the Campbell River estuary.of their unconventional living arrangements in October, someone from the Ministry of Children and Family Development reached out for support.
She did said the ministry knows it is important for children to stay connected to their family, community and culture.
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