tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060003097513753942.post5387454033839280273..comments2024-02-24T16:30:33.798-08:00Comments on GPS: ALTRUISTIC WORK BY RAY FERRIS AND DOUG CHRISTIE / 595Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353695791008715393noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060003097513753942.post-85922511179402149802011-08-16T21:43:43.845-07:002011-08-16T21:43:43.845-07:00thank u all for speaking out and fighting... :)thank u all for speaking out and fighting... :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060003097513753942.post-39390533775583020972011-08-11T22:06:27.935-07:002011-08-11T22:06:27.935-07:00Robert Hamilton has been appointed as a BC Provinc...Robert Hamilton has been appointed as a BC Provincial in Surrey as of July 28th.<br /><br />http://www.lklaw.ca/robert-hamilton-appointed-to-the-provincial-court-of-b-c/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060003097513753942.post-21178693565355941762011-08-11T10:40:28.756-07:002011-08-11T10:40:28.756-07:00Ron; I much appreciate the kind words but you have...Ron; I much appreciate the kind words but you have the statistics all wrong.<br /> When I started work in 1957 we had two staff. I carried the workload for Smithers and West as far as Kitwanga, some 110 km distant. My supervisor supervised Smithers and Burns Lake 160 km to the east and picked up the caseload in the small communities en route.<br /> Today thirty staff have replaced us and the population is about double. So the staff to population ratio is about 8 times as large. In my day, if I got a letter asking for help by Wednesday morning, I would make a home visit and do an eligibility study on Wednesday or Thurday and usually a cheque would be mailed on Friday ready for pick up at the post office the next day. Today, caseloads are much smaller but it takes two weeks to get a cheque and foster parents complain that social workers do not answer their phone calls. Social workers always complain that their caseloads are too big, regardless of the size. When you see the wastage of time and resources in the Bayne case, I find this hard to believe.Ray Ferrisnoreply@blogger.com