Ride For Accountability of Children's Aid Societies

Ride For Accountability of Children's Aid Societies

Posted By 2mindless
18 hours ago

I am part of a volunteer advocacy group; I have networked with John Dunn (from Ottawa) who's the founder & director of the "Foster Care Council of Canada". There are grave issues with the status of foster children in Ontario; abuses & DEATHS in care. We seek to try & give a voice to these children & educate the public, make them aware of their rights, how to deal with child protection investigations (all aspects from the legislative act to the constitutional act; Court procedural processes etc.). We've been rallying all over Ontario in front of our jurisdictional CAS offices, to try & get public attention. Hence the reason John's embarked on a cross province ride to bring awareness to the need for accountability & transparency of CAS's. Most people still incorrectly believe CAS is regulated by Government. They are NOT. CAS is a private business, under the Corporations Act, they merely get their funding for administration of child apprehension duties from Provincial coiffures.

I encourage you to read the Belleville news article about the ride....and to visit www.accountablecas.ca for more information on RACAS. I am looking forward to joining John Dunn when he comes to Leamington; then to accompany him into Windsor
whereby he will complete the last leg of his journey up to the WECAS offices on Riverside Drive; meet with news media and/or newspapers for interviews, hand out a petition for signatures & perhaps connect with some dignitaries/officials, or just meet with the public, hold a moment of silence for former WECAS Jim Malone. I would sincerely appreciate if you'd contact Mr. Dunn, or myself, to arrange for Windsor A-channel news to come out & do a feature....I've included some file attachments for your review...a RACAS brochure & some photo's of John Dunn during some of his ride in Eastern Ontario (Cornwall/Belleville).


Ride for Accountability covered in Belleville EMC News

http://www.emcbelleville.com/20100617/news/Ride+aimed+at+accountability+for+CAS+branches


John is targeting arrival in Leamington June 27th-29th, then Windsor June 29th/30th. He wants to be back home to Ottawa for Canada day. He is tired & re-thinking the council work. He invested alot of himself in this ride. There wasn't the organization or public showing of support. This is such an IMPORTANT cause. CAS is not accountable to Government. They get away with falsehoods & disseminating families under unfair legislation. It is the responsibility of our elected officials to protect children & to see to the protection of rights. People remain self-focused on the personal stories of harm...WE MUST unify & work together toward a common goal. The root of the problem is not CAS it is BIGGER than that. Crown systems are entrenched in the constitution. If you’re children were in foster care through no fault of your own; as a marginalized, abused, female living in poverty, then you’d see the actual processes & the magnitude of what is at stake. Begin making a claim for the preservation & protection of your family….by educating yourself in Child Rights & Child Welfare….make the Legislature do it’s duty to the voting public.