Sunday, September 24, 2006

A forum for those with concerns about what is happening at Child and Family Services in Manitoba

Kim Edwards, foster mother to Phoenix Sinclair for part of her life, remains very distressed about what happened to Phoenix after she left Kim.

She put a lot of effort into organizating a forum to allow people with concerns about Child and Family Services and the deaths of children to come forward. Sadly, the forum was poorly attended. Largely, I suspect this was because many are afraid to come forward in public with their stories given the rules surrounding Child and Family Services which drastically limit people from speaking openly.

There is much that needs to be brought forward. Indeed, we have been promised that the external review report on Child and Family Services will be made available by the end of September (this week).