I am writing to you, and all Members of the Legislative Assembly, to address the role and responsibility of governments and elected officials in protecting children from online harms and holding platforms accountable for their duty to do the same.

The following statement was issued by Kelly Lamrock, New Brunswick advocate, concerning the government’s response to his report of April 24, which noted the government had mandated cuts of $47.1 million to child welfare services: Following the release of our report, our office heard from a number of front-line staff, service providers and community organizations who expressed their concern over the deep cuts to programs for vulnerable children contained in the budget. There a