First Nations advocates call foster care sex abuse report 'tragic'

First Nations advocates are calling for provincial action after B.C.'s representative of children and youth report found hundreds of B.C. children in foster care were victims of sexualized violence.

The report cites at least 233 cases of sexualized violence against young people in care in B.C., although it also says the number could be higher as many cases go unreported.

More than 60 per cent of the victims were Indigenous girls, the report found, even though Indigenous youth only make up a quarter of the youth in foster care in B.C.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/reaction-to-sexualized-violence-report-1.3792232