Utoo Radio with Other News Sources - February 23, 2025 - A new Statistics Canada report reveals that Indigenous people who were in government care as children experience poorer health and socioeconomic outcomes later in life than those who were never in care.

They suffer higher rates of disability, lower self-rated health levels, and more homelessness, and are more likely to struggle to meet basic household needs.

Despite the closure of residential schools and the end of the Sixties Scoop, family separation continues to be "disproportionately high in Indigenous communities."

Chief Pauline Frost, who has been urging Canada to renegotiate First Nations child welfare reforms on a national level, says that the data "tells a story."

The report also reveals that two-thirds of Indigenous people under government care as children reported having a disability, compared to 46% who were not in care.

The CHRT directed the federal government to work with First Nations to reform the child welfare system, but progress hit a wall after chiefs voted down a $47.8 billion proposal to transfer control of the system to First Nations.