If you can't shut down MCFD then reform
it. What do you think about that?
While VOCA (Voices of Children Alliance) derives from concerns over child protection in Ontario, we
have already learned that the concerns there are identical to those
in all provinces, including British Columbia.
This link takes you to a fascinating page on the VOCA site that is highly supportive to families where the
MCFD has intercepted normal family life and removed children for a
variety of reasons. It begins with the assertion that the Child
Protection system that operates in B.C. needs to be abolished. Then,
given the reality that the political will is unprepared to destroy
CPS, a second alternative is to introduce reforms to policy and to
the legal system. There is even a section that speaks about harmful
reform suggestions, a few of which some of you may have recommended.
Following an insightful preliminary
paragraph, a content table is provided and then each of the titles on
that index is opened up with well developed thoughts. It is worth a
read.
For instance you find in the opener
entitled “Reform for Children's Aid,” the following statements.
“The only real remedy for the abuses
of the child protection system is its abolition. No one should have
the power to take children from their parents by force of arms, and
the upkeep of children should not be paid with appropriated funds.
Once the child protection behemoth is dead, private charity can
easily handle the small load of orphaned children, as it responded to
the much larger number of homeless children a century ago before the
creation of the welfare state.”
