Child Welfare

Lori Idlout says federal cuts and cancellation of the Inuit Child First Initiative's hamlet food voucher program are causing acute hunger and poverty among Inuit children in Nunavut; she criticizes the Liberal government and warns these decisions are devastating to child welfare.

Rebecca Alty praised the federal budget’s focus on Indigenous youth, indicating support for the budget’s measures aimed at improving Indigenous children’s welfare and endorsing the government’s prioritization of Indigenous youth in budgetary decisions.