Battling on behalf of children in Manitoba

Speaking in the legislature today, once again I spoke up on behalf of children in our province. The deaths, by homicide, of 31 children in the care of Manitoba's child and family services in the last six years has highlighted a situation which needs urgent attention and urgent action.

I tried to move things forward by suggesting that we should have an All-Party Task Force led by the three party leaders so that we could have all three parties working together to achieve better solutions and a better approach to prevent such homicides in the future. Sadly, my approach was not supported by the government. But this issue is far too important. I will keep up my efforts on behalf of Manitoba children. For me, as a father, a grandfather and a pediatrician, I feel very strongly that we must end such deaths.