Child Care Report Recommends Cultural Coaching
Manitoba's children's advocate is calling for better cultural training for foster parents.
Darlene MacDonald has released a report aimed at improving support for indigenous youth, especially girls.
MacDonald says 90 per cent of the children in care are indigenous, and foster families need to help their wards explore their own culture.
She says the province should also look at overhauling foster-care standards so more homes can be established outside the city, closer to a child's family.
MacDonald is also recommending the government hire more cultural workers and create a grandmothers' advisory council which would give advice to various departments, especially those who deal with youth.
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Government Has Gained Support and So Has Opposition, According to Survey
A poll suggests Manitoba's Progressive Conservative government is more popular now than on election day.
The survey by Mainstreet Research for Postmedia suggests the Tories have the support of 58 per cent of decided voters -- up five points from the number they got in the April 19 election.
The Opposition New Democrats scored 28 per cent -- up two points from the election, while the Liberals garnered eight per cent support -- down seven points.
Seventeen per cent of respondents were undecided.
The random automated telephone survey was conducted June 9 and involved 12-hundred-27 Manitobans, on both landlines and mobile phones. It is considered accurate within plus or minus 2.8 per cent, 19 times out of 20.
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Winnipeg Opts to Buy Pricey Hydro Land
After much debate, Winnipeg city council has voted to buy land from Manitoba Hydro for $19-million.
The city needs the land to complete Phase 2 of their bus rapid transit plan.
Mayor Brian Bowman admits the deal was an expensive one, but says the move is necessary.
Several councillors were opposed to the deal, and some walked out of the council meeting in protest.
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Amended Assisted Dying Bill Heading Back to Commons
An amended version of the Trudeau government's controversial assisted-dying legislation has passed in the Senate.
Senators voted last night 64-to-12 to pass Bill C-14, with seven amendments it has made over the past week.
The government has already signalled it won't accept the Senate's most contentious tweak that removes a requirement that a person be near a natural death in order to qualify for an assisted death.
So the bill faces an uncertain fate as it heads back to the Commons.
