Thread by @SoniaFurstenau

This @RCYBC report demonstrates that there's a lack of transparency & accountability in MCFD practice and systems.

This leads to the worst possible outcome: traumatized & underserved children and families, the majority of whom are #Indigenous. 1/ #bcpoli
rcybc.ca/reports-and-pu…

.@RCYBC found that MCFD’s funding allocating system is broken. It was impossible for the report writers to connect spending with gov't priorities.

Finding no way to measure the impact of ministry spending on the health & well being of #Indigenous children in care. 2/ #bcpoli

There is no way to know if federal funds channeled through MCFD meant for First Nations, Métis, Inuit and Urban Indigenous children ever reached the people they were intended for. 3/ #bcpoli

This is a fiscal failure, but also a human rights tragedy - & neither of these condemnations is new to this ministry. MCFD continues to show that it does not have its house in order, & that when advised of this failure of leadership, it makes little substantive change. 4/ #bcpoli

How can we trust that MCFD will listen to RCY’s recommendations this time & make the necessary changes to best serve Indigenous families in this province? We've seen report after report on MCFD’s failures - they've proved themselves incapable of taking accountability. 4/ #bcpoli

The Federal government needs to bypass MCFD and work directly with First Nations, Metis, and Inuit governments, communities, and families. 5/ #bcpoli #cdnpoli #Reconciliation

.@MitziDeanBC needs to demand accountability from ministry staff. The cost of that lack of accountability can be counted in lives irreparably altered or, in the most tragic cases, lost. 6/6 #bcpoli #Reconciliation