Phoenix Sinclair: Creating a centralized system that tracks all children receiving protection services was a key recommendation from a recent inquiry into the death of Phoenix Sinclair, a five-year-old who fell through the cracks of the child welfare system and was murdered by her mother and mother's boyfriend. Read about the Phoenix Sinclair inquiry report Full coverage from the Phoenix Sinclair inquiry Visit CBC Aboriginal , according to Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC. "It's not information that communities want to share with the province," he said. "We don't want to see the province continue to take over these types of responsibilities that are ultimately rightfully parental responsibilities in the communities." Manitoba's top aboriginal leaders say the province doesn't have the right to know about or track children seized by child welfare agencies on reserves. But Grand Chief Derek Nepinak, head of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, said the provincial government is continuing the legacy of the residential school system by unilaterally taking charge of aboriginal children.
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