"General Authority" means the General Authority established under The Child and Family Services Authorities Act (« Régie générale ») "foster parent" means a person operating a licensed foster home (« parent nourricier ») "foster home" means a home other than the home of the parent or guardian of a child, where not more than four children who are not siblings are placed by an agency for care and supervision but not for the purposes of adoption (« foyer nourricier ») "federal Act" means An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families (Canada) (« loi fédérale ») "family" means a child's parent, step-parent, siblings, grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, guardian, person in loco parentis to a child and a spouse or common-law partner of any of those persons (« famille ») "director" means the Director of Child and Family Services appointed under this Act (« Directeur ») "court" means the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba (Family Division) or the Provincial Court (Family Division) in Part II, Part III other than in clauses 19(4)(a) and (a.1) and subsections 19(6) and (7), Part VI other than subsection 75(1.1), clauses 76(3)(a) and (b), 76(12)(a), 76(14)(a), and subsection 76(21), and in Part VII (« Cour ») "common-law partner" of a person means a person who, not being married to the other person, is cohabiting with him or her in a conjugal relationship of some permanence (« conjoint de fait »)
(d) any audio recording that has as its dominant characteristic the description, presentation or representation, for a sexual purpose, of sexual activity with a child that would be an offence under the Criminal Code (Canada) (« pornographie juvénile ») (c) any written material whose dominant characteristic is the description, for a sexual purpose, of sexual activity with a child that would be an offence under the Criminal Code (Canada), or (b) any written material, visual representation or audio recording that advocates or counsels sexual activity with a child that would be an offence under the Criminal Code (Canada), (ii) the dominant characteristic of which is the depiction, for a sexual purpose, of a sexual organ of a child or the anal region of a child, (i) that shows a child engaged in, or depicted as engaged in, explicit sexual activity, or (a) a photographic, film, video or other visual representation, whether or not it was made by electronic or mechanical means, "child care facility" means a foster home, a group home, a treatment centre, or any other place designated in the regulations as a child care facility (« établissement d'aide à l'enfant ») "child" means a person under the age of majority (« enfant ») "authority" means a Child and Family Services Authority established in The Child and Family Services Authorities Act (« régie ») (d) Jewish Child and Family Service (« office ») (c) a regional office mandated under subsection 6.1(1) as authorized by subsection 6.1(2), or (a) a corporation without share capital mandated under subsection 6.1(1), "agency" means a child and family services agency that is
"Advocate" means the Advocate appointed under The Advocate for Children and Youth Act (« protecteur ») (c) sexual exploitation of the child with or without the child's consent (« mauvais traitements ») (b) emotional disability of a permanent nature in the child or is likely to result in such a disability, or "abuse" means an act or omission by any person where the act or omission results in HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows: The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba hereby declares that the fundamental principles guiding the provision of services to children and families are:įirst Nations, the Metis and the Inuit are entitled to the provision of child and family services in a manner which respects their unique status as Indigenous peoples. The Child and Family Services Act Table of Contents Note: Earlier consolidated versions are not available online.