Quebec aims to slash youth protection wait lists by hiring 400 social workers

The Quebec government is going to invest $47 million in the province's youth protection services (DPJ) — money that will be used to hire 400 new social workers and reduce wait lists for evaluation.

There are about 3,000 children waiting to be evaluated right now, said Lionel Carmant, the minister in charge of youth protection in Quebec. Some are waiting as long as two months to have their cases examined.

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With Quebec opening up adoption records, one woman finds answers about her roots

A Quebec woman who was put up for adoption shortly after her birth in 1955 and spent decades seeking answers about her roots says she can finally rest easy.

Raymonde Thibeault is one of thousands of Quebecers who've benefited from the province last year lifting the confidentiality long attached to adoption records in Quebec.

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Quebec foster parents of disabled children get far more benefits than birth families: study

Families that foster children with disabilities get paid 70 per cent more benefits by the government than a family that chooses to keep the kids in the home, according to a new study.

The survey by the Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton firm has gotten the attention of families of disabled kids, who are now demanding parity in benefits with foster families.

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Victims Sought: Canada Awards $635 Million to Stolen ‘Sixties Scoop’ Native Children

Montreal Sixties Scoop victims from 1951 to 1991 can seek assistance from National Indigenous Survivors of Child Welfare Network regarding settlement

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Quebec foster parents 'left to their own devices' as they grapple with challenging children, group says

After a Quebec judge slammed youth protection officials for "abandoning" two boys in what she called an "inadequate" and "toxic" foster home, a federation representing foster parents says they too are feeling abandoned by the system.

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Children abandoned in 'toxic' foster home for years, Quebec judge says

A Quebec Court judge is calling out the province's youth protection agency for "completely and totally abandoning" two boys from Drummondville for nearly a decade in a foster home she describes as "toxic."

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• Boys were beaten and humiliated in foster care, judge rules

Doctor investigated for false accusations against parents found dead

A doctor at Ste-Justine Hospital who was under investigation by the College of Physicians was found dead Tuesday morning.

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Aboriginal women applaud Quebec's proposed changes to Youth Protection Act

Three groups led by aboriginal women have told National Assembly hearings they strongly support the government’s proposed changes to the Youth Protection Act, which aim to preserve the cultural identity of indigenous foster children. 

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Teen's temporary disappearance from group home raised fears of F1 sex trade

A teenage girl who fled a youth centre in Laval on Friday night has been located.

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Elderly Quebec couple sentenced for sexually abusing foster kids

A 59-year-old woman cried in a Quebec courtroom on Thursday as she recalled the sexual, psychological and physical abuse she suffered as a child at the hands of her foster parents and their friends.

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Foster parents sentenced for sexually abusing children

A Laval couple has been sentenced to ten and eight years in prison for sexually and physically abusing foster children.

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Laval couple pleads guilty to sexually assaulting foster children

A Laval couple pleaded guilty in Quebec Court this morning to several sex-related charges against children in their care while they were foster parents in the 60s and 70s.

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Elderly couple pleads guilty to 22 counts of abuse against foster children

An elderly couple from Laval is behind bars after pleading guilty to abusing and torturing their foster children.

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Sixties Scoop adoptee recounts growing up in Jewish Montreal family

I needed a baby picture for my Bat Mitzvah party. The plan was to blow it up to 18 inches by 24 inches and all my friends could write messages on it.

But I didn't have any baby pictures.

The earliest photograph I had was the photo used during my adoption.

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Woman supposed to reunite with son in foster care learns he's died

A woman is mourning after discovering her two-year-old son died while in foster care.

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Quebec adoptees turn to social media to discover origins

Quebec adoptees turn to social media to discover origins

Julie Levenhagen was known only as "baby Agathe" when she was adopted from a Montreal hospital at nine days old.

Report: Cops Blocked Child Protection Workers From Protecting Lev Tahor Haredi Cult Kids

Report: Cops Blocked Child Protection Workers From Protecting Lev Tahor Haredi Cult Kids

Police detectives trying to investigate human trafficking and forgery in the Lev Tahor haredi cult in 2013, then located in rural Quebec, Canada, blocked province child protection workers from removing children from the cult – children who were allegedly being sexually, physically and emotionally abused, forced into child marriage, and otherwise hurt by cult leaders.

Father gets $7,800 bill after reuniting with long-lost daughter

Father gets $7,800 bill after reuniting with long-lost daughter

A Montreal father was surprised to learn he owed thousands of dollars in retroactive parental fees after he reunited with his long-lost daughter, now 18 years old.

Young mother fights to get her 4-year-old back from youth protection

Young mother fights to get her 4-year-old back from youth protection

A 20-year-old mother of two will never forget the day her first-born daughter was taken away by youth protection in May of 2012.

Family Suffers At the Hand of the Department of Youth Protection (DYP) in Ste-Agathe, Quebec

Family Suffers At the Hand of the Department of Youth Protection (DYP) in Ste-Agathe, Quebec

Corruption and crime are everywhere, but when It happens in your own backyard it becomes more than that. Government officials, lawyers, judges and police officers have a responsibility to uphold the law. Unfortunately, some are as corrupt and dishonest as they come.  In this particular situation it is the Department of Youth Protection (DYP) in Ste-Agathe, Quebec.