...they could simply be committing the lions share of the crime...
WINNIPEG — Nearly half of all youth who end up in custody across Canada are Indigenous, a statistic that a Manitoba activist says shows unacceptable and systemic racism.
Data released by Statistics Canada shows Aboriginal youth made up 46 per cent of admissions to correctional services in 2016-17 while making up only eight per cent of the youth population.
How about we talk about
unacceptable and systemic child neglect?"The rate of deaths from injuries is 3 to 4 times higher for Aboriginal children than for other children in Canada."