The auditor assigned to oversee the Laval group home that is plagued by runaways has finished his report.
André Lebon submitted the results of his month-long investigation to the province's Youth Minister on Thursday, and Lucie Charlebois will begin reading it later in the day.
"I'll take time to read it and to talk to Mr. Lebon, and I"ll comment after, because I want to make sure I know everything that is in the report and I'll comment next week," she said.
Half a dozen teenaged girls ran away from the group home in a matter of weeks earlier this year, prompting widespread concern as people realized just how common running away from the centre was.
The parents of one girl said their daughter had fled the group home six times -- and that she was in the home because she was running away from home so often.
Laval police said many of the girls were being targeted by pimps, and one of the runaways was located in another province.
Several years ago the government changed the rules regarding youth homes to allow in and out privileges. The justification at the time was that intense surveillance was not effective, and that locking the troubled teens inside the group homes was a violation of their rights.
In February the Laval group home temporarily suspended that practice.
The provincial government said it would spend $3 million over the next five years on a new program to help youth, but critics say that is still less than was being spent on such programs several years ago.
