B.C. is introducing a new provincial position to oversee the transfer of Indigenous child welfare jurisdiction to First Nations communities.
The province says the Indigenous child welfare director will hold the same powers as the provincial director of child welfare and will work to combine the rights and laws of First Nations with those of the province and federal government.
The position comes as B.C.
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