Newly appointed Quebec youth protection head promises greater transparency [Video]

Newly appointed Quebec youth protection (DPJ) director Lesley Hill appeared before journalists on Thursday, promising greater transparency.

“We’re going to have to shine a big light on our house, in all the closets, in all the rooms of the house, and we risk finding cobwebs, and we’re going to have to clean them,” she said.

Hill was at a press conference alongside Quebec Social Services Minister Lionel Carmant, who has been in turmoil since the media revealed a series of scandals at the DPJ.

The many controversies also led to the resignation of Hill’s predecessor, Catherine Lemay, last Monday.

Hill is a former commissioner of the Laurent Commission, which looked into the state of the youth protection system following the tragic death of a seven-year-old girl in Granby in 2019.

On Thursday, she promised to be a “watchdog” for Quebec’s children.

“I have nothing to lose,” she said, explaining that …