Mr. Speaker, yes. Every effort is made within the policy and within the children’s care service to do everything we can to keep our children in their homes.
A lot of parents are willing to get into a voluntary service agreement with Social Services where they’re given some guidelines and boundaries as to what they need to provide to the children in order to keep their children. A lot of parents are doing that.
I have to correct the facts. Out of 630 children in care, we have 18 in southern jurisdictions. The vast majority of our children in care are in the North and with their parents and extended families as much as possible.
I do agree with the Member that it’s an area we need to continue to work on and continue to work on to keep the families together wherever possible.