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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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Kids First Complaint and BC Attorney General response re: so-called “mature minor consent” in section 17 of BC Infants Act to medical treatment:- this violates Charter rights of parents and children- the government’s aggressive communications campaign informing minors they can hide and lie about their health care to their parents also violates the Charter

Posted by on in COVID-19, Law, legal cases, formal complaints, Mature minor consent & Infants Act, Misc., Parents’ and Children’s Rights

2021 May - email to BC government, Dr Bonny Henry, & health care officials requesting suspension of the Infants Act and government communications campaign targeting minors with message that violates Charter rights of parents and children To 'health care providers',…

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2021 Federal Budget: $30 Billion More Over 6 yrs For Non-Parental Institutional Child Care – Government Attack On the Right of Children, Women, Parents

Posted by on in Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural

The top priority in the April 2021 federal budget was more institutional child care and coercing all mothers into full time jobs. On top of additional massive funding, $30 billion more over 6 years was offered including a much expanded…

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