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Logical Reasoning Part 2
4) That the money trail explains why the system descriminates against poor families and families of color
I do and I don't agree with you. Though there is a small number of middle class clients, majority of CAS clients are from poor families and immigrant communities. However, go to a welfare office, a mental health clinic and a subsidized housing, you will find unreasonably high numbers of poor new immigrants. In Sociology, they call it the culture of poverty and multi-generations will stay there while education cannot do much. From a macro statistical perspective, education is linear dependent on family background for social mobility, so the richer will become the richer. Don't tell me Bill Gates has done something different. Please compare the number of Bill Gates and the number of those living in poverty. CAS clientile, like those in social service, represents those struggling with living, and unfortunately, abusing their children becomes part of their "coping" strategies.
5) Some parents suing for wrongful removal of children who were later abused in foster care.
It is a fact that in CAS history, some children were abused in foster homes. Every societal system, including foster care, represents the society. When a society is sick, the foster care system is not exempted. Every year, CAS investigates a number of foster parents, school teachers, police officers, doctors and nurses, and even CAS staff (by peer agency to avoid conflict of interest). These professionals may lose their licence of practice once abuse is verified. However, does it mean we don't send our kids to school, don't go to a hospital when we are sick and don't report a crime to a police officer. Logically, that does not make sense.
6) The foster care system makes Charles Dickens' descriptions look flattering."
I am not educated, so don't know who Charles Dickens is. Why don't you go talk to him at Yorkshire, England?
7) The experts determined more than 50% of the children in
foster care should not have been removed from their homes.
Repeated in #2. Who is the expert? Why don't you invite him/her over to overhaul Ontario child protection?
8) That a child protective worker says 50% of the calls investigated by the agency are completely bogus -- the results of disgrunted neighbors and family members calling the hotline with a grudge against the parents.
For the first time, I agree with you, except that I would like to change the number from 50% to 80%. Sorry, I am too lazy to search for the exact statistics, but would like to argue based on my memory. Out of 100 investigation, CAS usually verifies about 20% of the abuse and admits about 2 to 3% of children who are in need of protection.
This is like "cry wolf". Everyday, we receive phone calls from parents who have separated and are in the process of a custody dispute that their children are being abused by the other parents. We know it is a "cry wolf", but so what, we have to investigate. If you don't trust me, call 911 and report a fire at home. I promise you the fire truck will come every time you call. There are neighbour who don't like you may report to us you hit your son, and we have to rush out. "Cry wolf" is being tolerated in every law enforcement because we can't afford the risk.
9) That major, sweeping reform is needed.
The question is how. Go to www.jobs.un.org, because the United Nations is hiring child protection workers and a lot of them are from Ontario, Canada because of our reputation. If you know how to fix Ontario child welfare, you will get an executive job with United nations, with a package over US$250,000.
请大家用脑筋想一想,真是一年就有那么多儿童受到严重虐待吗?如果真是那安省居民真成了出类拔萃的高虐儿居民群了。
I also would like to urge everyone to think about it. Child abuse happens everywhere in the world. Canada, USA, Australia, UK and New Zealand apparently have the highest rates because they all document child abuse cases and intervene appropriately. The incidence rates in China and India are much lower. Who cares about child abuse in these countries?
I have said that above incidence and admission depend on ORAM and CFSA. Change the law so the number of children in CAS care will go down. Just like if you don't like police intervention when you hit your wife, change the law so that you can legally abuse them and the incidence rate of violence against women will drop for sure.
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