Kids in care ‘a billion-dollar business’

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Conference in Winnipeg focuses on needs of First Nations children A national advocate for First Nations children wants Manitoba to come clean on what it’s doing with federal child tax credits when kids in the province are put into care. “We’re talking millions and millions of dollars… I don’t know what the exact amount is in Manitoba,” Cindy Blackstock, the …

Sixties Scoop still not well-recognized, aboriginal adoptees say

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Experts say exact numbers of aboriginal children adopted by Quebec families unclear By Ainslie MacLellan For decades, thousands of aboriginal children were taken from their parents, often without their consent or even their knowledge, and grew up never knowing their own culture. But a lot of Canadians don’t know it. “My parents who adopted me had no idea I was stolen,” said Nina …

Adoption disruptions a secretive, misunderstood trend

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It’s a dark and secretive adoption trend that parents are afraid to admit to, agencies don’t like to talk about, but experts say is happening more than we know: adoption disruptions, in which desperate couples put their adopted children up for adoption … again. “I think adoption disruptions are far more prevalent than the few cases reported,” says Karen Moline, an adoption reform advocate. “In Canada, in …