Report on the Review of the Child and Family Services Act: Building Stronger Families

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Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly, Yellowknife, NWT: 101 pages.

The Standing Committee on Social Programs was directed to review the Child and Family Services Act by a motion of the 16th Legislative Assembly, adopted on June 3, 2009. Members of the Assembly and their constituents had voiced repeated concerns about child protection, apprehension, the discretionary powers of child protection workers, and the general oversight of child protection services by the Department of Health and Social Services.

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