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Ontario Stops Publishing Child Welfare Death Reports After Statistics Hit Record High
Ontario's Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services quietly stopped producing its annual reports tracking child welfare-connected deaths — reports that showed the number rising every year, reaching 134 in 2023, one every three days. Internal government documents show officials flagged the death statistics as a PR problem that could "overshadow" a planned announcement. When Global News filed an FOI in early 2026, the ministry said the records didn't exist.
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- Barbara Finlay
- Doug Ford
- Lisa Gretzky
- Irwin Elman
- Sara Austin
- Michael Parsa