Newfoundland and Labrador’s acting child and youth advocate has completed a report commissioned by then-premier Andrew Furey more than a year ago about policies and procedures in the child protection system.
Furey ordered the review after revelations in a CBC Investigates report about two men accused of preying on youth in government care.
The new Tory government posted the 108-page report online late Thursday afternoon.
In a statement, Social Supports and Well-Being Minister Joedy Wall said the report was presented to the premier and ministers earlier that day.
“We recognize the importance of the findings and considerations in the report, and the seriousness and urgency of the matters raised within it,” Wall said in a statement.
“Our government immediately initiated the development o

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