Quebec Youth Protection Office Branch Placed Under Trusteeship After Rights Violations Report

A government report reveals that a youth protection office in central Quebec has been removing children from families too quickly, prompting intervention.

• The Quebec government has intervened in a youth protection office serving central Quebec and the Mauricie region, placing it under trusteeship.
• An internal document from Quebec’s human rights commission highlighted that the office was removing children from their parents at an unusually high rate.
• Statistics indicate that the branch in question puts three times more children up for adoption than more populous areas of the province.
• Social Services Minister Lionel Carmant described the situation as 'intolerable' and emphasized the need to support families rather than separate them.
• Concerns were raised that some children were put up for adoption without meeting all legal criteria, affecting parents who had previously been in the youth protection system.

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