The agency that oversees child welfare in Peguis First Nation released figures this week suggesting a system brokered through a historic 2023 agreement is working well — contrary to calls by the community's chief to scrap the "failing" arrangement due to oversight concerns.
That characterization by Peguis Chief Dr. Stan Bird is something his predecessor disputes.
"It is a great system — there's no issues with it — but when it comes down to that oversight and others being involved with that, then they just need to engage," Glenn Hudson, who was chief when the agreement was inked 2½ years ago, told CBC News on Friday.
"We don't need to rewrite the agreements or cancel the agreements or terminate it, as Chief Bird says. We just need to collaborate."
Last week, Bird held a news conference alongside Southern Chiefs' Organization Grand Chief Jerry Daniels calling for the once-lauded agreement to be terminated.
Bird suggested the new system is "failing us at every level" as he underscored the need for improved indepen
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