First Nations leaders in British Columbia are calling for the resignation of the children’s Minister and an overhaul of the foster system after a horrific case involving torture, starvation and other abuse that culminated in the beating death of an 11-year-old boy. A provincial court judge in Chilliwack, B.C., earlier this month sentenced a man and woman to 10 years in prison after they pleaded guilty to the Aggravated Assault and manslaughter of the fostered First Nations boy and the aggravated assault of his sister, aged eight. The B.C. Ministry of Children and Family Development’s last visit to the Indigenous couple’s home took place seven months before the boy was beaten to death in 2021 by the woman.

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