A recent decision by provincial social workers to apprehend an Indigenous newborn and not allow the mother sufficient time to breastfeed and bond was based on a racist, paternalistic approach to child welfare, B.C.'s watchdog for children and youth says.
And it is an approach that has not changed despite solemn promises from the provincial NDP government to improve the child-welfare system, Bernard Richard, the Representative for Children and Youth, said on Tuesday.
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