It is yet another spring.
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| Spring with its promise of life, hope and joy |
Following the removal of their three
children in October 2007, Zabeth and Paul Bayne faced Spring 2008
alone. With their children in the care of the province, the Baynes began
an arduous and to-date futile attempt to establish their innocence,
believability and trustworthiness. An ineffectual attempt I call it
because another year passed and then it was Spring 2009. Finally, last Spring
2010 the Baynes were finally engaged in a court hearing. After such a
passage of time, one might have called it their proverbial day in
court but this was not a protection hearing, but one with more permanent intentions. Fighting for their children, their family and their lives the Baynes were on defence. That was necessitated
because it was the government's child protection ministry that had
filed an application to keep these children, foreseeably if the
application was successful, until Springs 2024,2025, 2026. If the
children are not returned to their birth parents this year, then, at my age now, I will
likely not see their release. That's the effect of the passage of
time. But what about the children?
