This is the 2013 minisrtry of child and family development special report on Aboriginal and youth education in British Columbia. It is a long read 92 pages, but dont let that scare you, its worth the read. The key points in this are as follows -- 1)There has been a significant expenditure on “talking” – with virtually no involvement by Aboriginal children and youth themselves – and without a single child being actually served. 2)The total spent by MCFD on Aboriginal governance endeavours over the past dozen years has been roughly $66 million. That is a conservative estimate, as the provincial government cannot provide a clear record of expenditures. The financial controls were initially dismal and unenforced. The policy context and administrative principles can only be termed chaotic and haphazard, and are prone to undue political influence and lobbying by consultants and others with the ability to convince government to become a funder of programs with questionable policy basis or outcomes. To be blunt, a significant amount of money has gone to people who provide no program or service to directly benefit children. 3)The total spent by MCFD on Aboriginal governance endeavours over the past dozen years has been roughly $66 million. That is a conservative estimate, as the provincial government cannot provide a clear record of expenditures. The financial controls were initially dismal and unenforced. The policy context and administrative principles can only be termed chaotic and haphazard, and are prone to undue political influence and lobbying by consultants and others with the ability to convince government to become a funder of programs with questionable policy basis or outcomes. To be blunt, a significant amount of money has gone to people who provide no program or service to directly benefit children. 4) PAGE 30 --- THE DENISIQI SERVICES SOCIETY IN WILLIAMS LAKE BRITISH COLUMBIA HAS THE HIGHEST #3 LEVEL IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. $975, 807! AND NOT ONE OPEN FILE??????? NOT ONE OPEN FILE!!!!!!!!!!!! Almost one million dollars a year spent on meetings, also take note of the part where --- These approaches took a strong turn sideways in 2008, when MCFD decided that First Nations would write their own approaches, and that MCFD would get “out of their way” while at the same time promising to fund their initiatives. This produced several projects, under the rubric of a “Nation-to-Nation approach” with staggering expenditures, and a disconnect from the practicalities of the Aboriginal child welfare service-delivery system. It appears that MCFD charted a direct course into funding and encouraging jurisdiction and transfer of government powers discussions while having no practical or functional guidance from the Attorney General regarding the scope and implications of such negotiations. Many of these negotiations are not with “nations” at all, but with community organizations, urban groups and others who lack the representational capacity to enter into self-government negotiations. Nor is B.C. a nation. MCFD did not see this as a problem and believed it could support as many as 20 to 100 of such processes in its future.-------------
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 20:07:03 +0000
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