Category: Child Protection Services

Why Does the State Have Any Right to Intervene in Parent-child Relationships? The Origins of Child Protection Laws, Compulsory School Attendance Laws, ‘Infants Act’ & ‘Mature Minor’ Laws

Posted by on in Child Protection Services, Education & parent-child rights, Law, legal cases, formal complaints: Redacted, Mature minor consent & Infants Act

'Child protection', 'mature minor', and education laws that allow government to intervene in family life and even take children from their parents have their origins in 'PARENS PATRIAE' which means 'the parent of the fatherland'.  This concept dates back to…

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Children taken from parents due to doctors’ false findings of abuse

Posted by on in Child Protection Services, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care

2025 January 30 - Toronto Star - investigative news article - "She brought her baby to the doctor. Then she was accused of abuse. Why a controversial expertise courts rely on is facing troubling questions: The debate over the reliability…

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Sign federal parliamentary petition – Stop wrongful medical apprehension of children by Child Protection Services

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2025 August 21 - November 19 - House of Commons Petition demands stricter oversight of doctors who assess for child abuse. Wrongful assessments have tragically resulted in babies and children being taken from safe and loving parents by Child Protection…

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“Child protection services”: Two indigenous children in “house of horrors” run by BC government

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2023 July - news article & video - Global News - "Inquiry needed into horrific BC foster parents' case, says lawyer" https://globalnews.ca/news/9811193/inquiry-horrific-foster-parents-case-lawyer/ IS IT TIME TO DISMANTLE "CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES"? 2023 October - opinion - Vancouver Sun - More calls…

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Children in state care are running away and living on the streets

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2023 May - new article - Vancouver Sun - "Why are so Many Kids in BC Government Care Going Missing?" https://vancouversun.com/opinion/daphne-bramham-why-are-so-many-kids-in-b-c-government-care-going-missing Children in state-run group homes are leaving and living on the street where they may be trafficked and exploited.…

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Residential Schools Became Child Protection Services Says Head of Truth & Reconciliation Commission

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2018 October 27. Canadian Press - (web news article): "Residential school ‘monster’ now lives in child-welfare system: senator: Sen. Murray Sinclair said there are more children in Canada’s child-welfare system today than there were at the height of residential schools" For…

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Article About Significance of the “Bus Dad Case”: ‘Power Imbalance’

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2020 October. Frances Rosner. Bar Talk [Canadian Bar Association of BC journal] - (web article): "70K Legal Battle Leads to Finding that The MCFD Made Unauthorized Orders on a Parent" "When parents become involved with the Ministry of Children and…

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BC MCFD Child Protection and RCMP Violate Parents’ and Child’s Rights

Posted by on in Child Protection Services, Parents’ and Children’s Rights, Power imbalance between parents & state

2021 April - audio recording - KF interview of parents of BC child with Downs Syndrome regarding MCFD & RCMP intervention.Helen Ward interviews the parents to ask questions about how the family was treated when a child protection received a…

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Legal Warning To Child Protection Service, Police and Schools: Stop Illegal Violation of Rights of Child With Downs Syndrome and Her Parents

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2021 March - Kids First letter regarding illegal treatment of family of child with Downs Syndrome to BC Ministry of Child and Family Development child protection services, Vancouver Police Department, Vancouver School Board. (PDF) KIDS FIRST NOTE: following receipt of…

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