By Maggie Macintosh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter\u00a0 The advocacy organization that has been supporting parent councils and lobbying the provincial government on caregiver concerns over the last 70 years has gone dark. The Manitoba Association of Parent Councils lost its charitable status on Sept. 7, according to records from the Canada Revenue Agency that show MAPC has failed to file up-to-date information. MAPC\u2019s website was taken down ahead of back-to-school season. Its last-known office has been vacated and social media pages are inactive. Executive director Brenda Brazeau, the sole employee, did not respond to requests for comment on the status of the organization she\u2019s overseen since 2019. \u201cThe board of directors has chosen not to proceed with funding from the province (Manitoba Education) and to seek outside funding,\u201d Brazeau wrote… <\/p>\n
By Maggie Macintosh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter\u00a0 The advocacy organization that has been supporting parent councils and lobbying the provincial government on caregiver concerns over the last 70 years has gone dark. The Manitoba Association of Parent Councils lost its charitable status on Sept. 7, according to records from the Canada Revenue Agency that show MAPC has failed to file up-to-date information. MAPC\u2019s website was taken down ahead of back-to-school season. Its last-known office has been vacated and social media pages are inactive. Executive director Brenda Brazeau, the sole employee, did not respond to requests for comment on the status of the organization she\u2019s overseen since 2019. \u201cThe board of directors has chosen not to proceed with funding from the province (Manitoba Education) and to seek outside funding,\u201d Brazeau wrote... <\/p>\n