Indigenous kids largely apprehended because of poverty, says former child protection worker

A former child protection worker, once with the Ministry of Child and Family Development, says, in her experience, Indigenous children are largely being apprehended due to poverty, and their parents are being over policed when trying to reunite with them.

Portia Larlee started her role in communities in north central B.C. in 2015 and said she lasted a year and a half before she quit out of frustration. She said most of her clients were Indigenous.

"It was mostly neglect related to poverty that would put parents at risk of state intervention,"  she explained.

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