Our lead story: as Thursday’s Ontario election looms near, two party leaders vow to end “for-profit” group homes and foster care agencies after a scathing Global/APTN News investigation into the child welfare system, in which youth in care said they were neglected, mistreated, and repeatedly restrained by workers without cause.

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