N.B. to Hold Hearings on Child Protection System After Advocate Report on Teen’s Death - New Brunswick

New Brunswick to hold hearings on failures of child welfare system after teen’s death

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick legislators agreed Friday to hold hearings on systemic failures within the province's child welfare system.

N.B. to hold hearings on child protection system after advocate report on teen’s death - New Brunswick

The Liberal motion was passed unanimously one day after a report on the overdose death of a teen in the system.

After teen's death, legislature fast-tracks child-welfare hearings

The legislature's decision comes after a report that Social Development declined to act on repeated warnings that a teenager formerly in care needed help.

N.B. to hold hearings on child protection system after advocate report on teen’s death

New Brunswick’s legislature will hold hearings on failures on the child protection system. The Liberal motion was passed unanimously one day after a report on the overdose death of a teen in the system.  “This is a story of a child … it’s a story of a child died in slow motion,” said Kelly Lamrock, the province’s youth advocate, when he released his 26-page report. Lamrock said the system needs fundamental change, after providing a timeline of t…