Posted: Dec 09, 2020 6:34 PM ET | Last Updated: December 9, 2020
Quebec Indigenous Affairs Minister Ian Lafrenière said Indigenous people need to be supported while navigating the justice system. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press)
The experiences shared by dozens of Indigenous families from across Quebec span several decades but are all disturbingly similar.
A child gets sick and requires care at a clinic or a hospital, far from home. The parent isn t permitted to go along.
It takes weeks for the family to hear anything from health care officials if they hear anything at all.
Often they are told the child has died but there is no death certificate or burial plot to prove it.