27-01-2018 04:14 via edmontonjournal.com

Children's Services Minister Danielle Larivee 'cautiously optimistic' after emergency meeting in Ottawa

A two-day emergency meeting on Indigenous child and youth welfare in Ottawa has the Alberta minister “cautiously optimistic.”
While the federal Liberals have said Ottawa will make up the underfunding for Indigenous children across the country in the next budget, the province has said it too will step in to make up the shortfall.
“Alberta won’t wait,” Alberta Children’s Services Minister Danielle Larivee said in a teleconference Friday afternoon after the meeti
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