'That system abandoned me': Child intervention panel hears from Paul First Nation

“Please. Hear us.”
The plea Leona Rabbit made to Alberta’s child intervention panel Monday at Paul First Nation was simple.
Panel members nodded, struck by the story of her experience growing up in the child intervention system.
Two years old when she was removed from her family’s care, Rabbit bounced from one foster home to another.
She was eight when she first attempted suicide. She considers herself the product of a failed system. 
“That system abandoned me,