New Quebec youth protection director appointed [Video]

Lesley Hill was appointed director of youth protection on Wednesday, replacing Catherine Lemay, who resigned on Monday in the wake of the sex scandal at the Cité-des-Prairies rehabilitation centre.

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.

The Legault government has been in turmoil since the media revealed last week that at least nine educators at the Cité-des-Prairies centre in Montreal had allegedly had sexual exchanges with at least five underage residents.

Other cases of sexual misconduct were reported in Laval and Montérégie, according to the daily newspaper La Presse.

On top of this, the Mauricie-Centre-du-Québec DPJ was placed under administration on Oct. 9 for mismanaging the files of children who had been given up for adoption without a full assessment.

Under fire from critics, Social Services Minister Lionel Carmantsaid on Tuesday during an emergency debate in …