Justice and Public Safety
July 7, 2015
Public Advisory: Child Death Review Committee Case Review
Under section 13.5 of the Fatalities Investigations Act, the Minister of Justice and Public Safety is required, within 60 days after receiving a report from the Child Death Review Committee (CDRC), to make public those recommendations relating to:
- Relevant protocols, policies and procedures;
- Standards and legislation;
- Linkages and coordination of services; and
- Improvements to services affecting children and pregnant women.
The CDRC forwarded a report to the Minister of Justice and Public Safety on June 17, 2015. The report examines the facts and circumstances surrounding the death of a child resulting from acute alcohol ingestion. In this case, the CDRC made the following recommendations:
- The province review its public education strategy on the dangers associated with alcohol use by junior high and high school age children, including through public messaging campaigns, the school system, and/or through its relationship with the Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation, and provide messaging and education about the danger of ingesting too much alcohol as well as the responsibility of those who provide alcohol to minors.
- The Department of Education consider launching an awareness campaign with involvement from interested parents and/or family members of children who die from alcohol consumption.
This report has been forwarded to the Child and Youth Advocate.
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Media contact:
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Luke Joyce Director of Communications Department of Justice and Public Safety 709-729-6985, 725-4165 lukejoyce@gov.nl.ca |
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