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AGAINAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12477753348213542451noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18672887.post-67816010284508764372017-11-15T09:33:09.135-06:002017-11-15T09:33:09.135-06:00Paul Blackwell is out on the streets again, now hi...Paul Blackwell is out on the streets again, now hiding out in Waterloo, Ontario.<br />He lives in an apartment building next to Wilfrid Laurier University, where there are thousands of unsuspecting youths, admittedly of legal age, but without the life experience to learn how to avoid predators like him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18672887.post-1171569440143831922007-02-15T13:57:00.000-06:002007-02-15T13:57:00.000-06:00ads business classified free opportunity vancouver...<A HREF="http://www.adquity.com" REL="nofollow">ads business classified free opportunity vancouver</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18672887.post-1164310774304487722006-11-23T13:39:00.000-06:002006-11-23T13:39:00.000-06:00Next week will be 4 years when the little angel pa...Next week will be 4 years when the little angel passed.I will pray for you that day as I do everyday so that you may be happy and at peace .Watch over the little ones Jeffrey you can now be a big brother to all.I love you and wish you where here ,but I know that you are happy in Gods arms.Love always (hugs and kisses) A.SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18672887.post-1143434492170247542006-03-26T22:41:00.000-06:002006-03-26T22:41:00.000-06:00THESE VILE AGENCIES NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN..... THIS...THESE VILE AGENCIES NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN..... THIS IS THE STORY ABOUT HEAVEN TRAVERSE - it was from the Brandon, Manitoba newspaper. <BR/><BR/>Monday, March 20th, 2006<BR/>Police probe another foster child death<BR/>By: Leah Janzen Email Story Printer Friendly Version <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Heaven Traverse (FPNS) <BR/>WINNIPEG — A grieving Fisher River father is demanding to know how his two-year-old daughter could die “covered in bruises” while in the care of Child and Family Services. <BR/><BR/>Saying he was scared into silence since the Jan. 14, 2005 death of his daughter, Heaven Melissa Andrea Mae Traverse, Lawrence Traverse said yesterday he decided to come forward with his story to let people know the tragic death of Phoenix Sinclair, 5, is not an isolated case. <BR/><BR/>He said there are problems with the child welfare system and he wants someone to be held accountable for Heaven’s death. <BR/><BR/>“I got no answers when she died and I have no answers now,’’ he said from his home on the Fisher River First Nation — the same community where Phoenix was allegedly tortured and killed at the hands of her mother and her mother’s boyfriend last June just months after her CFS file was closed. <BR/><BR/>“I told CFS my daughter was getting hurt. They called me a liar.” <BR/><BR/>Police believe Phoenix died June 11, 2005, just three months after her CFS file was closed. <BR/><BR/>No one knew she was missing and dead until police laid first-degree murder charges against Samantha Dawn Kematch, 24, and Carl Wesley McKay, 43, earlier this month. <BR/><BR/>The case has shone a light into the devolution of CFS from a single agency to one in which there are agencies specifically designated to handle the cases of native children. <BR/><BR/>Some social workers and the Manitoba Government Employees’ Union say they feared the quick transition of cases between the agencies and a lack of resources to handle the work may have let kids like Phoenix fall through the cracks. <BR/><BR/>According to Traverse, Heaven and his five older siblings were apprehended by CFS workers when Heaven was about 18 months old. <BR/><BR/>Traverse said he was told the children were being removed as a result of negligence and poor parenting skills shown by him and his wife. <BR/><BR/>The children were separated. Heaven and her older sister Rhonda were sent to live with a foster family on the Peguis First Nation. Traverse said he saw signs of abuse on his child numerous times when he would take her for visits. <BR/><BR/>Last Christmas, Traverse said he went to pick his girls up in Peguis and noticed their room was filthy, a potty was left unemptied in the room, Heaven’s sheets were stained and his older daughter reported that Heaven had been hit with a shoe. <BR/><BR/>“She was bruised a lot,’’ he said. “I told CFS lots of times.” <BR/><BR/>Police say that in January 2005, Heaven was rushed by ambulance to the Percy E. Moore Hospital in Peguis and then transferred to Children’s Hospital in Winnipeg. <BR/><BR/>She died on Jan. 14, 2005. <BR/><BR/>Traverse said when she died, Heaven was “covered in bruises” on her head, chest and legs. He said the child died as a result of head trauma. <BR/><BR/>RCMP Sgt. Steve Colwell said police continue to investigate Heaven’s death, which was classified as suspicious. No one has ever been charged. <BR/><BR/>Traverse said he feared going public with his story because his surviving five children remain in foster care and he does not want to jeopardize any chance he and his wife have of getting the kids back. <BR/><BR/>He said he’s complied with CFS requirements that he undergo parenting classes and anger management courses in an effort to win back his children. <BR/><BR/>Tory family services critic Mavis Taillieu said she fears there are more cases like these still to be uncovered. <BR/><BR/>“It’s another warning that can’t be ignored,’’ she said. <BR/><BR/>A spokesman for the province said he cannot comment on Traverse’s allegations because the Child and Family Services Act prevents him from speaking about specific cases. <BR/> <BR/> <BR/><BR/>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18672887.post-1143390610311972422006-03-26T10:30:00.000-06:002006-03-26T10:30:00.000-06:00Why not have our Ontario Ombudsman do this for us ...Why not have our Ontario Ombudsman do this for us in Ontario?<BR/><BR/><BR/>Girl's death brings outrage<BR/>The Daily News (Halifax) <BR/>Fri 24 Mar 2006 <BR/><BR/>RCMP investigators believe they have found evidence of a body of a missing five-year-old girl in a shallow grave next to a remote logging trail.<BR/><BR/>But they also said yesterday they believe animals carried off her remains.<BR/><BR/>Police released few details about what they found on the Fisher River Cree Nation, 150 kilometres north of Winnipeg, and how it might help them solve the mystery of what happened to Phoenix Sinclair.<BR/><BR/>"Right now, we have evidence to support that Phoenix was at this location," Sgt. Steve Colwell said.<BR/><BR/>"Further forensic tests will be conducted to prove that Phoenix was in this site."<BR/><BR/>Phoenix's case came to light two weeks ago, when it was learned she was missing for nine months before anyone noticed.<BR/><BR/>Her mother, Samantha Kematch, and Kematch's boyfriend, Karl McKay, have been charged with first-degree murder.<BR/><BR/>The story has angered the public, prompted high-level political finger-pointing and raised disturbing allegations over how she met her end and how government officials handled her child-welfare file.<BR/><BR/>David Crate, chief of the Fisher River First Nation, said the discovery brings some sense of closure to the community.<BR/><BR/>"It does provide some answers," Crate said.<BR/><BR/>"I think it will offer some closure to individuals in the community (who are) wondering ... whether or not she'll be found."<BR/><BR/>Crate and other residents held a prayer service at the makeshift gravesite yesterday morning.<BR/><BR/>Investigators believe Phoenix's body was dumped last June, after weeks of physical and emotional abuse. RCMP won't say who led them to the shallow grave.<BR/><BR/>Investigators set up a nylon tent around the area, while a generator has provided electricity for lights and heat for those who have been digging.<BR/><BR/>Kematch and McKay are due in court today. The charges against them include allegations that Phoenix was locked in a pig pen, shot at with a BB gun, beaten with a broom handle and deprived of food and water.<BR/><BR/>Police were only made aware of Phoenix's death when her 12-year- old stepbrother came forward to document the alleged crimes.<BR/><BR/>The case has drawn criticism to Manitoba's Child and Family Services Department because Phoenix had been in foster care for much of her life.<BR/><BR/>Police believe she died on June 11, 2005, three months after her child services file was closed.<BR/><BR/>Two reviews of the child welfare system have been announced by the province. One, by the provincial ombudsman, will examine the system as a whole. The second - involving the ombudsman, children's advocate and a psychologist - will focus more specifically on the Sinclair case.<BR/><BR/>Premier Gary Doer has also left the door open for a full public inquiry.<BR/><BR/>Family Services Minister Christine Melnick has been under increasing pressure to resign. Opposition politicians say she or her department ignored repeated warnings that children in care were falling through the cracks.<BR/><BR/>The province is also dealing with allegations from Lawrence Traverse, another resident of the Fisher River reserve. Traverse says his two-year-old daughter, Heaven, was beaten and battered while in provincial foster care. She died on Jan. 14, 2005.<BR/><BR/>Police are still investigating Heaven's death, which was classified as suspicious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18672887.post-1143360922830743522006-03-26T02:15:00.000-06:002006-03-26T02:15:00.000-06:00Social workers must be creative writers. many are,...Social workers must be creative writers. many are, but how the heck they get away with it one has to wonder, I thought they must have been writing about something else when I read a report writen by a social worker. Even with proff it is twisted and full of out right lies, there seems to be a real need to cover it up and self protect, its not protecting children its damaging the very core of the family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18672887.post-1143175770295041022006-03-23T22:49:00.000-06:002006-03-23T22:49:00.000-06:00Woman beat and shocked kids, says witnessBy FEDERI...Woman beat and shocked kids, says witness<BR/>By FEDERICO BARAHONA, Free Press Reporter<BR/>London Free Press <BR/>An elderly woman facing charges of child abuse repeatedly beat and used electrical shocks on children for not doing their chores, one of her accusers testified yesterday. <BR/><BR/>Londoner Edith Sanders, 80, faces 14 charges related to alleged beatings and torture of children dating back to 1951. <BR/><BR/>Yesterday, a 58-year-old witness who lived with Sanders until she was 17 described a beating she saw in which a young teen received about 100 whacks with an altered hockey stick. <BR/><BR/>"I walked into the bedroom and her bum was bleeding," said the witness, who referred to the beatings as "getting the belt." <BR/><BR/>"Her back looked like first-degree burns it was so blistered." <BR/><BR/>She said Sanders would also use electrical shocks, using an unspecified method, on the same teen if she fell asleep before doing her chores. <BR/><BR/>Sanders has no lawyer and is defending herself. Yesterday, she looked frail and had trouble getting up when Superior Court Justice Edward Browne left the courtroom. <BR/><BR/>At one point, a court technician was asked to turn up the volume of a speaker on Sanders's counsel desk after she complained she was having difficulty hearing testimony. <BR/><BR/>"Your obligation is to signal that you didn't hear right away," said Justice Browne, who also urged Sanders to take notes while others testified so she could cross-examine them. <BR/><BR/>Later, Sanders's voice was shaky, as she tried to cross-examine a witness. She then started to cry when she described how much she loved a witness who testified Wednesday but was cross-examined again yesterday. <BR/><BR/>Minutes earlier, a friend who was supposed to be taking notes to help Sanders fell asleep during the proceedings. <BR/><BR/>"Please wake up," Sanders pleaded as she struggled to poke her friend awake. <BR/><BR/>The trial is slated to last as long as three weeks. <BR/><BR/>The witness told court as many as 10 kids, including children from Children's Aid and foster kids, lived in the house under Sanders's care during the 1960s. <BR/><BR/>The witness, who lived with Sanders in a Hill Street house until 1962, said the children feared Sanders because of the random beatings she would deliver. <BR/><BR/>"It all depends on the mood she was in," said the London woman. "When she does it, she doesn't stop till she's worn down." <BR/><BR/>She said the house's back bedroom was known to the children as the "whacking room." <BR/><BR/>Sanders, who was charged in 1998 -- unlike the U.S., Canada has no statute of limitations -- is also accused by women ages 44 and 58. <BR/><BR/>As a previous witness testified, the woman referred to incidents when Sanders used a belt to beat the children. <BR/><BR/>The woman said many of the children in Sanders's care had run away. <BR/><BR/>The trial continues today. <BR/><BR/>Copyright © 2002, The London Free Press.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18672887.post-1143174988205320792006-03-23T22:36:00.000-06:002006-03-23T22:36:00.000-06:00anonymous said. "The point about CAS' lies is well...anonymous said. "The point about CAS' lies is well taken. In our case, 150 pages of CAS affidavits left my family wondering if CAS was capable of making even one true statement. Even the most innocuous information was twisted beyond any resemblance to truth."<BR/><BR/>I can see how that would happen. I have a lot of lies in my information as well. I do not think that agencies with no accountability are capable of anything but abuse of power, lies and destruction. Heaven only knows what they did to you are your family, but they have indeed lied to many. It does make one wonder about everything regarding them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18672887.post-1143174677677316342006-03-23T22:31:00.000-06:002006-03-23T22:31:00.000-06:00This is from the SOONEWS.CA siteit is about a surv...This is from the SOONEWS.CA site<BR/>it is about a survivor of the system.....<BR/><BR/>http://www.ltvnews.com/viewarticle.php?id=5481<BR/><BR/>Bajek's Journey...The Hands of a Carver <BR/><BR/>Karen Johns -- SooNews.ca -- Saturday, March 11, 2006, 11:57AM<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Bajek is a quiet man with a soft laugh and a gentle sense of humor.<BR/><BR/>His hands create works of art instilled with the beauty and inspiration of his native heritage.<BR/><BR/>It hasn't always been this way.<BR/><BR/>He was born on the reserve of Moose Cree First Nation,on Moose Factory Island fifteen km. south of James Bay in 1952. He remebers a life where the Cree people made their living by trapping, and afternoons spent with his grandfather, as he sat carving on the riverbank.<BR/><BR/>When he was 5 years old his life drastically changed . The Hudson Bay Indian Affairs, acting on government orders, came to the reserve and rounded up the children and took them to residential schools.<BR/><BR/>Bajek entered a world that was frightening and alien to him. A world of rigidity and endless rules that he must follow or take the severe punishment that was imposed for the breaking of any of those rules.<BR/><BR/>Stern faced nuns and dour looking priests were the only adults they had contact with.<BR/><BR/>No speaking in your own language, only french or english, and then only when spoken to.<BR/><BR/>No contact with his sister even though whe was at the same school.<BR/><BR/>No practicing of his native culture.<BR/><BR/>Bajek said that throughout the years of residential school, he was referred to as a number or by only his last name. There was no freedom. Even bathroom times were scheduled and you dare not disregard them. He remembers one small boy who accidentaly defecated in his pants because he couldn't hold it. The nuns made him put his soiled pants on the floor, where the other children were forced to walk through it. Then the youngster was forced to clean the floor and all the shoes of the other children.<BR/><BR/>Bajek remebers having some rotting teeth pulled out , without benefit of anethesia.<BR/><BR/>In the middle of the night his mouth bled, staining his pillow and sheets.<BR/><BR/>In the morning the nuns took him to the centre of the room where he was given a pail of cold water and made to scrub the stains as the other children looked on. This was a lesson to them. No bleeding on your bedding...or else.<BR/><BR/>One other memory that he recalls happened at the breakfast table.<BR/><BR/>One young boy, who was stricken with some type of stomach ailment, was forced to eat his bug-infested porridge, even though he was sick. His nausea caused him top vomit up what he had eaten. The nun in the dining room pushed his face into the bowl and forced him to re-eat all that he had regurgitated.<BR/><BR/>Bajek recalls looking on in hunger into the dining area where the nuns and priests ate their much tastier and plentiful meals.<BR/><BR/>Such was life in the residential schools. Bajek feels lucky to not have been sexually abused, but many of the boys in his dormatory were often woken in the middle of the night and taken out by the priest and not returned to their beds until the morning. No one spoke of it, but they knew what was going on.<BR/><BR/>Bajek tried to run away twice, was caught both times and his hands were severely beaten until they were swollen and unusable for some time. He was locked up on the top floor of the school for two weeks in isolation and fed a diet of bread and water.<BR/><BR/>Years of systematic abuse wore on Bajek and at the age of 9 he started drinking . Returned to Moose factory for the summer months he and his friends would get alcohol, which was becoming a huge problem on the reserve.<BR/><BR/>At the age of 13 Bajek was taken from his mother, who by then was an alcoholic. Many of the children on the reserve were taken on authority of the Children's Aid Society and placed in foster homes in attempts to<BR/><BR/>separate them from their alcohol plagued reserve. Foster care turned out to be just as horrible as residential school. Often families would take in as many as six or seven children, who were regarded as little more than childhood "slaves" for the families who took them in. No love or kindness was shown to these children.<BR/><BR/>At one of these foster homes, Bajek was subjected to horrible physical abuse from the eldest son of the foster family. He recalls mornings after the abuse when they would gather in the morning to listen to the daily bible readings as the son would sneer at him, knowing that Bajek was helpless to do anything about it.<BR/><BR/>It wasn't until Bajek was placed in a foster home in Cochrane that he was shown any kindness.<BR/><BR/>He left that home when he was 18 and worked in construction. Because of his alcohol addiction Bajek lost many jobs and often lived on the streets, stealing and scheming just to survive.<BR/><BR/>Brushes with the law caught up with him, when in defending his then girlfriend, he got into a fight, charged with assault , and was sent to prison. Alcohol and drugs were easily obtainable in prison and Bajek continued to drink. He told me how inmates made aclcohol with fruit and vegetables. Drugs were brought into the prison various ways and just about any illegal substance that was wanted, was available. He recalls the postal code for the prison being KOH 1G0...or as the inmates said..".keep on hoping I get out". Whenever someone died in prison the local radio station would play Queen's song Another One Bites the Dust. Such was life in prison.<BR/><BR/>When he was released to a half way house, he eventually broke parole and went on the run for three years. He said he knew that he really couldn't escape and eventually gave up running and returned to jail for three more years.<BR/><BR/>While in jail , he made friends with some other Native men and started to follow and practice native spirituality, and he began carving. When Terry Fox was starting his run for cancer, one of Bajek's carvings was given to him. Bajek donated it for the courageous young man. At the end of his jail sentence he was sent to a halfway house in North Bay<BR/><BR/>When Bajek was finally a free man he overcame his alcohol addiction and began carving in earnest. He also began work with the Forestry Department , fighting fires,and doing other jobs.<BR/><BR/>Deteriating discs in his neck and back forced him to give up that job, but he never gave up on his carving.<BR/><BR/>He found friendship with some other Native people and credits their spiritual guidence with helping him to overcome his alcohol dependence<BR/><BR/>Today Bajek is at peace with himself. He has been free from alcohol for over a decade and has replaced the need for alcohol with the need to create.<BR/><BR/>He finds most of his materials in the bush, on the shore, or from friends. He carves wood, soapstone, and antlers.<BR/><BR/>Bajek likes to work with cedar not only because it is a soft wood, but because in Native culture, cedar has a healing component..<BR/><BR/>Before starting on a carving Bajek "smudges" (cleanses) his materials with sweetgrass and/or sage.<BR/><BR/>He says that although before , he used carving as a way to calm himself, he no longer creates when he's angry or upset because he doesn't want to put those feelings into his work.<BR/><BR/>Bajek admires art from different cultures. He likes Italian carving and architecture and Viking figureheads and design.<BR/><BR/>He makes walking sticks, shields, headboards, doors, tabletops,knife handles, canes and just about anything that someone wants to order. When he has to, he will use power tools but for the most part prefers to work with hand tools, which give him more of a "feel" for the material he is working on.<BR/><BR/>Recently he has carved staffs for Algoma University and the Anishinabek Police Services Department.<BR/><BR/>The staff for Algoma U was for residential school survivors. Those who wish to , can tie an eagle feather on to it in rememberence of their relatives.<BR/><BR/>Bajek often gives a deep discount to these sacred item customers when he knows the item will be treated with respect.<BR/><BR/>Bajek gives credit for the way in which he has turned his life around to the following of his Native Spirituality and almost always includes somewhere on his carvings either an eagle feather or a braid of sweetgrass. He has great respect for nature and wildlife.<BR/><BR/>He told me of one time when he and a Native elder were out walking and came upon a raven, badly hurt. He took it home and helped it to heal and in return he says the raven helped him to heal. The raven stayed with him for the summer and to this day he loves ravens.<BR/><BR/>Bajek has made his home in Sault Ste. Marie for the past two years, but feels it's time to move on. This summer he is going back to Moose Factory where things are greatly improved from his youthful days. He wants his son to live where they can fish, hunt and enjoy the outdoors. The natural deposits of soapstone and alabaster will be used for some of his sculptures. There he will continue his work and has plans to build a studio, a round log cabin, with lots of light, and seven pillars for the seven sacred teachings...love, respect, bravery ,honesty ,humility, wisdom and truth.<BR/><BR/>It's been a long journey for Bajek, and it has come full circle. He's going home at last.<BR/><BR/>Baamaapii my friend, 'til we meet again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18672887.post-1143173998036754422006-03-23T22:19:00.000-06:002006-03-23T22:19:00.000-06:00The point about CAS' lies is well taken. In our c...The point about CAS' lies is well taken. In our case, 150 pages of CAS affidavits left my family wondering if CAS was capable of making even one true statement. Even the most innocuous information was twisted beyond any resemblance to truth.<BR/><BR/>I remember reading of a social worker who wrote a series of newspaper articles for a Christmas fundraising drive who was caught lying throughout. Lying seems to be an occupational prerequisite, yet statistics concerning child welfare are based on the premise that CAS workers tell the truth. As others have said, a broad-ranging inquiry is desperately needed. The truth is the system abuses human rights on a massive scale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18672887.post-1143164925837096352006-03-23T19:48:00.000-06:002006-03-23T19:48:00.000-06:00Amanda - you said, "The CCAS/ CAS make so many unf...Amanda - you said, "The CCAS/ CAS make so many unfounded, ridiculous decisions that effect society as a whole and I don't think they are ignorant of this fact, I think they just don't care because the money keeps coming in." <BR/> <BR/><BR/>You are right they do not care, and they never have. They have never addressed the past. No agency on this earth can allege to protect children today while attempting to sweep under the rug decades of illegalities and corruption, not to mention lies. That they refuse to even measure themselves is a statement alone. They have treated the victims like criminals and they still do. God forbid anyone ever ask these agencies for information about their own situation - no that is not allowed. The CAS treats people like children forever. They allege that they are protecting children but they only protect themselves.<BR/><BR/>The system is in fact very much like the pedophile priests and the churches involved. They keep a facade up, ignore the victims, hide the evidence and never look back. There time is over though, it has to be, for Jeffrey Baldwin alone it should be!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18672887.post-1143164429730318172006-03-23T19:40:00.000-06:002006-03-23T19:40:00.000-06:00Even in the cases where those who had their childr...Even in the cases where those who had their children stolen by the CAS finally get information about the child the information is riddled with lies, and the same for those sent to the system. CAS has no oversight so writes any piece of fiction that they can dream up. False information from these wicked agencies has been an ongoing problem for decades. <BR/><BR/>Thousands of siblings were seperated from each other, and in many cases their parents were never abusive, in many cases they were poor. But the CAS instead of supporting these parents shipped the kids to foster care, and paid strangers instead? Still happening hugely. Check out these so called foster parent groups today - they want all the rights as well. <BR/><BR/>How one little boy has outraged so many is not a coincidence, people have been outraged about the CAS for years. These same idiots after all arranged thousands of foster placements and adoptions? Was it all a great arrangement "in the best interest of the child" - or was it a private, and secret baby broker business that went unchecked and went on for decades, and that is still going on today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18672887.post-1143163931628271732006-03-23T19:32:00.000-06:002006-03-23T19:32:00.000-06:00And even in the cases where a child had loving fos...And even in the cases where a child had loving foster parents or adoptive parents it still does not address the fact that the children were removed by deceitful acts of fraud and coercion for years in the first place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18672887.post-1143163773206060522006-03-23T19:29:00.000-06:002006-03-23T19:29:00.000-06:00Amanda you said "It got that far because the publi...Amanda you said "<BR/>It got that far because the public honestly doesn't know what's going on and until so very recently, (I'd say the Jeffrey Baldwin case)the media never bothered to draw attention to this problem"<BR/><BR/>This is exactly the problem. For years the horror stories of the CAS have not been reported in the media. There are some but not near enough. The former wards are very broken human beings in many cases, after all being abused by their government - CAS AND foster parents has been too much. These poor souls are invisible to the public but they are real. Then we have those adopted - society worships adoption as if it is a magic cure for everything. In truth it gives no one rights except those who adopt. Really in either system children have NO RIGHTS they are for the caregivers. There is an army of former wards who were abused, and those adopted as well. Many times when people speak out they are spoken for, dismissed, labelled, ignored etc.. the government and others do not hear from the victims they hear from the criminals of the system. What has happened in the past is a dark, ugly mess that needs a huge investigation. Those fostered and parents who have lost children to the CAS, as well as those adopted have been dealing with those ruthless agencies for decades and it has been a NIGHTMARE. Files are lost, stories are made, lies are told. No one has access to their own file, and the CAS has been allowed to get away with everything. Ask anyone who has dealt with them how unpleasant it has been. Social workers have been abusive, unprofessional and down right nasty. And all these agencies ever say in anything is that it is not their fault - no it is never their fault to them it is someone else. Jeffrey Baldwin is a catalyst for many people who have long been against the CAS, who have long been victimized by them and who have long had it with the lot of them. This is why this story has simply enraged many different groups. It was one case too many. <BR/><BR/>And it was no great surprise considering the parasites that people were sent to be it in foster care or adopted by. These agencies have broken various laws, and they cannot hide forever. I think Jeffrey's tragedy just tipped the scales really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18672887.post-1143148549381156572006-03-23T15:15:00.000-06:002006-03-23T15:15:00.000-06:00This thing about putting sleeping pills into the m...This thing about putting sleeping pills into the milk shows the same intent that Karla Homolka used on her sister. Although the youth in this case didn't die, the CAS guardian's actions were every bit as repulsive as Homolka's. I hope this guy is put away for a very long time as a deterrent to other CAS pedophiles and act as a signal for other victims to come forward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18672887.post-1143133232244138192006-03-23T11:00:00.000-06:002006-03-23T11:00:00.000-06:00Your post is right on about kids that were formerl...Your post is right on about kids that were formerly "saved" by the system. In addition to the reasons you give, many are emotional shells - walking zombies (as are their parents) While you or I might raise our voices against the system's insanity in a straight-forward manner, that may be next to impossible for people carrying such baggage. Their faith in people has been extremely compromised and they do not trust governments that would allow this to happen <BR/><BR/>To extend your point about prison, about fifty percent of CAS graduates are thought to have spent time there. Others are now parents who are terrified of losing their kids if they say boo. Former CAS clients are regularly "culled" for their children - it helps to keep up the pretense of inter-generational abuse.<BR/><BR/>It's basically what you see from people living in a totalitarian state. Once the dictator falls the stories of abuse emerge. <BR/><BR/>Anyone who knows a graduate of the system should do their best to help them come forward - it would be great if some were directed to this site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18672887.post-1143114783190220992006-03-23T05:53:00.000-06:002006-03-23T05:53:00.000-06:00The targets do change all the time and until you j...The targets do change all the time and until you just mentioned it, I didn't even realize that point! It absolutely astounds me that parents have to give up custody of their children to get the medical attention their autistic children need. How did it ever get this far? <BR/><BR/>It got that far because the public honestly doesn't know what's going on and until so very recently, (I'd say the Jeffrey Baldwin case)the media never bothered to draw attention to this problem. <BR/><BR/>The CCAS/ CAS make so many unfounded, ridiculous decisions that effect society as a whole and I don't think they are ignorant of this fact, I think they just don't care because the money keeps coming in. <BR/><BR/>Why hasn't this site been flooded with stories from past or present crown wards? I think it's because the majority (John Dunn and others like him are unfortunately the exception, not the rule) of them are on the streets fighting for their lives or don't have access to a computer or are in jail. I don't think very many children who were 'being cared for by the system' get out alive or with a good life. I couldn't imagine in my wildest nightmares what it must be like for these kids who are abused, shuffled around and then tossed out on their asses when they are 18. <BR/><BR/>I am SICK and TIRED of my very hard earned dollars paying for McConville's cushy lifestyle while some of the kids in her charge aren't even eating!<BR/><BR/>This must, must stop!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12477753348213542451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18672887.post-1143078995464005122006-03-22T19:56:00.000-06:002006-03-22T19:56:00.000-06:00You are right as to the target - the bull's eye us...You are right as to the target - the bull's eye used to be unmarried mothers, then it was poverty or both, then anyone, autism, special needs, and now anyone in a general defenition of "risk". The target does change without question.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18672887.post-1143078900708962982006-03-22T19:55:00.000-06:002006-03-22T19:55:00.000-06:00To the last poster - I think the problem is that t...To the last poster - I think the problem is that the general public does not know what has been going on, and the depth of hell that has happened in the past with these agencies. Glad to hear that someone else is speaking out against them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18672887.post-1143055476340664222006-03-22T13:24:00.000-06:002006-03-22T13:24:00.000-06:00I've read through many of these boards filled and ...I've read through many of these boards filled and unfortunately lost the place of one I wished to support. Still, I'd like to make two comments:<BR/><BR/>1) I value both the personal comments and articles<BR/><BR/>2) One writer suggested CAS changes its allegations as it goes along. In my experience, this was completely true - the target was always shifting. As each lie was addressed another sprung up. Some allegations disappeared without a trace. <BR/><BR/>It appeared the point of their game plan was that the last lie would win in court. Fortunately, this did not happen. But the experience was sufficiently ruthless that I'll do everything possible to make others aware of these agencies until they are shut down for good. I would never have imagined that such evil agencies existed or that our government would support them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18672887.post-1143050511727280102006-03-22T12:01:00.000-06:002006-03-22T12:01:00.000-06:00I have not seen any outlandish rants on this blog,...I have not seen any outlandish rants on this blog, all the articles are important as they address the larger issues here. I hope that everyone continues to ask the politicians for the Ombudsman to have investigative power, and also at this point for an inquiry into the CAS agencies of Ontario. This system cannot continue to destroy families and children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18672887.post-1143045496289678592006-03-22T10:38:00.000-06:002006-03-22T10:38:00.000-06:00Please do not misunderstand my earlier comment re ...Please do not misunderstand my earlier comment re keeping postings current and relevant. The intention is not to bury the past at all, however to bring meaningful things to light from past and present in regard to the state of child protection. A lot of the postings had really veered off course in that regard and were extremist diatribes and/or included irrelevant lengthy materials from very long ago.<BR/><BR/>I think it is important to keep this site credible and sensible. That means not getting bogged down in outlandish rants and instead putting forth good ideas for reform. Hoope you all agree.<BR/><BR/>In that regard, I note that nobody has commented on the new regulation previously posted re section 68 of Bill 210, except me. Why do we not get some constructive feedback from people out there about that? <BR/><BR/>Look forward to those postings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18672887.post-1143025990991990132006-03-22T05:13:00.000-06:002006-03-22T05:13:00.000-06:00You appoint one of your own as the watchdog. He i...You appoint one of your own as the watchdog. He is afraid to offend you. He does not do anything without your permission. Does that sound familiar? What a farce. Will the voters ever rise up? Canada will dissolve.<BR/><BR/>The psychologists are key to a socialist totalitarian state. They have the finesse to keep everyone in line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18672887.post-1143007475963004872006-03-22T00:04:00.000-06:002006-03-22T00:04:00.000-06:00I think we should have a blog space for what bring...I think we should have a blog space for what brings us here , share your storys, with out fear. Share the false alligations , name the names. a social worker watch dog group.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18672887.post-1143007377709322892006-03-22T00:02:00.000-06:002006-03-22T00:02:00.000-06:00My two cents worth.Fron reading the above postings...My two cents worth.<BR/><BR/>Fron reading the above postings. No shock and ahh! that CAS will only allow a panel of there like minded mobsters, to look over complaints.<BR/>Indeed the Minister is the head chesse of the CAS. <BR/>Stephanie like to be restarianed because she wanted attettion????<BR/>she was in care, the tax payers were paying for her care, how much more would we have had to spend so she would have been shown just a bit of attetion, I wonder what also may have happened before her murder.<BR/><BR/>The PM should be insisting on a Royal commisionn inqury.<BR/>And a stop and decease order would also save a few children. And with all the apprehenisons going on in the last few weeks in various agencys, one has to wonder tis the season, or concerns about Bill 210.<BR/><BR/>Sexual abuse happens all the time in care, with one of those risks the take when they err on the side of caution and remove a child because of some trumped up concern. Wht do you never see the concerns in writing, because they get made up as they go along. Most of what CAS does it against the Human Code, they can not speak with your child with out your concent,and mush more, the way the treat children should be enough for a total revolt. Slam the door say no thatnks we dont need your services. Call the police if you really think someone is abuseing a childs its against the law. not the crap kids are in care for today.<BR/>When will it ever end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com