Why advocates say foster care for Indigenous children is the new residential school

Indigenous children are put in foster care at incredibly high rates, and many say this has the same impact as residential schools when it comes to cutting kids off from family and culture.

Watch The National live on YouTube Sunday-Friday at 9 p.m. ET

Subscribe to The National:

Connect with The National online:

The National is CBC's flagship nightly news program, featuring the day's top stories with in-depth and original journalism, with hosts Adrienne Arsenault and Andrew Chang in Toronto, Ian Hanomansing in Vancouver and the CBC's chief political correspondent, Rosemary Barton in Ottawa.