‘Children are going to die:’ Advocate’s report on Tina Fontaine urges changes
SAGKEENG FIRST NATION, Man. — Manitoba’s children’s advocate says there are many children in care who are in danger of being sexually exploited or dying almost five years after an Indigenous teenager’s body was found in a river.
“What’s at stake are the lives of children,” Daphne Penrose said Tuesday as she released her report on the life and death of Tina Fontaine.
“What’s at stake are that children are going to die if we don’t make changes.”