‘Not tracked as it is not permitted:’ Manitoba stops tracking CFS wards in hotels
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government has stopped tracking the controversial use of hotel rooms to house kids seized by child-welfare workers.
The former NDP government promised to stop putting up kids in hotels, except in exceptional circumstances, after repeated criticism from the province’s children’s advocate that hotels do not provide adequate security or supports for children taken from their families.
The NDP collected data from child-welfare agencies and regional authorities and posted monthly statistics to demonstrate its progress on eliminating the practice.
The Progressive Conservative government, elected a year ago, no longer collects or posts the data, and says it believes the problem has been solved.