▁it . ▁ ▁R ather , ▁it ▁is ▁believed ▁that ▁every ▁level ▁of ▁personnel ▁in ▁the ▁child ▁w elf are ▁system ▁has ▁been ▁so ▁free ▁of ▁exam ination ▁for ▁so ▁long ▁that ▁the ▁least ▁attention ▁was ▁viewed ▁as ▁negative ▁criticism . ▁Staff ▁seemed ▁unable ▁to ▁recognize ▁that ▁public ▁exam ination ▁of ▁the ▁system ▁was ▁long ▁over due . Re leased ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁by ▁Associ ate ▁Chief ▁Judge ▁Ed win ▁C . ▁Kim el man , ▁the ▁Kim el man ▁Report ▁included ▁the ▁following ▁alleg ations ▁against ▁child ▁w elf are ▁policies ▁in ▁the ▁province : The ▁native ▁people ▁of ▁Man it oba ▁had ▁charged ▁that ▁the ▁interpretation ▁of ▁the ▁term ▁“ best ▁interest ▁of ▁the ▁child ” ▁had ▁been ▁wr ought ▁with ▁cultural ▁bias ▁in ▁a ▁system ▁domin ated ▁by ▁white , ▁middle ▁class ▁workers , ▁bo ards ▁of ▁direct ors , ▁administr ators , ▁law y ers ▁and ▁jud ges . ▁They ▁also ▁alleg ed ▁that ▁in ▁application ▁of ▁the ▁legisl ation , ▁there ▁were ▁many ▁factors ▁which ▁were ▁cru cially ▁important ▁to ▁the ▁native ▁people ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁ignored , ▁mis inter pre ted , ▁or ▁simply ▁not ▁recognized ▁by ▁the ▁child ▁w elf are ▁system . The ▁report ▁found ▁that ▁Man it oba ' s ▁non - Ind igen ous ▁ag encies ▁often ▁required ▁single , ▁Ind igen ous ▁moth ers ▁to ▁live ▁on ▁their ▁own , ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁in ▁traditional , ▁multi - gener ational ▁households , ▁to ▁reg ain ▁cust ody ▁of ▁their