It's such an important issue to think about. There's a history of removing children from indigenous families, which is just so tragic. That has been seen as part of the perinatal health care system as well and has manifested in a practice known as birth alerts for indigenous women. After the birth, they would be seen by a child and family development worker and there was a higher risk that their child would be removed. That practice has ended, but relatively recently, I think, in 2019. There's still that history and a very valid fear that if an indigenous person comes to the system with a pregnancy, their child is going to be taken away from them. To add to that, if they're asked if they are experiencing depression or some other mental illness, that's more ammunition for taking away their child.
I can understand that being a really sensitive problem. We need to have more tailored screening approaches for indigenous communities so that they do not feel threatened, and embed that within a system from which they can receive culturally sensitive and trauma-informed support.