Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew vowed Thursday the province will “do better” for child welfare, after two foster parents were accused of abusing kids in their care at a north Winnipeg home.

Police said two school-aged children were assaulted, with one being admitted to hospital in critical condition last Friday after the foster parents allegedly did not seek immediate medical care.

“What’s alleged to have been done by foster parents here is terrible. Anyone with a beating heart knows that that’s not right, and we have to improve things here,” Kinew told reporters at an unrelated event.

The premier stopped short of saying what, specifically, can be improved, or how. He would not say if the case will prompt an internal Child and Family Services review.

“We’ll definitely have to do a lot diffe

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