The arrest of a 75-year-old man, who is now facing dozens of charges related to sex crimes at a provincial corrections facility, is raising questions about why Nova Scotia still doesn’t have an advocate in place to protect at-risk youth.

The charges against Donald Douglas Williams are related to alleged sex crimes against 30 youths at the Nova Scotia Youth Centre in Waterville, N.S. between 1989 and 2015, according to RCMP.

Williams was a swim instructor at the centre between 1988 and 2017, and all of the alleged crimes took place at the facility.

The news is reigniting calls for an independent youth advocate office to be established by the provincial government.

“We have vulnerable children in this province who need this office to be stood up and I think it’s an embarrassment that t

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