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Post by fixchildrensaid on Aug 13, 2007 16:01:37 GMT -5
Here's the situation:
- CAS in my city has really messed up in my children's situation
- I filed a complaint about the agency, but they ignored my complaint
- I received court ordered access to CAS' own files that proved their "mistakes" and refiled my complaint
- The fifth and final step of the complaint process was to be a scheduled meeting with the CAS agency's Director
- The Director cancelled the meeting, citing that she was worried about a lawsuit.
- Forced to complain to the ministry, I did just so
- The Ministry of Children and Youth Services' response was:
"Regarding the agency's refusal to proceed with the complaint procedure, they have received legal advice in this matter. The ministry does not have the authority to direct an independant board to reject its own legal advice and pursue a particualr course of action." [bold mine]
That didn't seem logical to me (nor anybody else I shared it with), so I did some research into the CFSA and dropped off a letter to the local office a few minutes ago.
That letter will follow in the next post.
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Post by fixchildrensaid on Aug 13, 2007 16:03:42 GMT -5
Here is the letter, names concealed:
Makes sense to me.
Any thoughts?
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Post by Dean Robinson on Aug 13, 2007 17:13:35 GMT -5
Here's the situation: - CAS in my city has really messed up in my children's situation - I filed a complaint about the agency, but they ignored my complaint - I received court ordered access to CAS' own files that proved their "mistakes" and refiled my complaint - The fifth and final step of the complaint process was to be a scheduled meeting with the CAS agency's Director - The Director cancelled the meeting, citing that she was worried about a lawsuit. - Forced to complain to the ministry, I did just so - The Ministry of Children and Youth Services' response was: "Regarding the agency's refusal to proceed with the complaint procedure, they have received legal advice in this matter. The ministry does not have the authority to direct an independant board to reject its own legal advice and pursue a particualr course of action." [bold mine] This is the main reason that Ontario CAS needs to have oversight by the onbudsman
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Post by fixchildrensaid on Aug 13, 2007 18:35:16 GMT -5
Agreed completely.
But since they're taking their time doing so, I also posted at CCW my plan, should they keep breaking the law.
It is, as follows:
The other factor in all this is that the Min of C&YS has also refused to allow my complaint to be heard by the CFSRB, claiming that my complaint predates the passing of Bill 210.
If anybody wants to give me any advice on this, feel free, but, as of right now, my plan of action is such:
If they refuse to hear my complaint in any way, I will go public and publish the information that I have, technically, contrary to the CFSA.
I will include a disclaimer, showing the actions that the Ministry and the CAS have taken while I have been asking for my complaint to be heard. It will be abundantly clear that they breached the CFSA and, therefore, they have also breached their duties to protect my children, under the CFSA rules.
As a result, logic dictates that, since my children and I have not benefitted from the protection that the CFSA offers, we are not obligated to follow any of its restrictions either. Therefore the publication ban is not valid.
I'd love to see them try to press charges against me, considering all those factors.
Also, I have compiled and sorted a great deal of this evidence, but I would very much like any of the "pros" out there to tell me how/help me to get the information out.
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Post by John Dunn on Dec 21, 2007 18:12:40 GMT -5
You can directly submit your complaint to the BOARD because there are provisions in the new complaint procedure which allow for one to circumvent the CAS.
Find the flyer or read section 68 of the Act directly to see how to apply to the Board directly instead of having to go through the CAS.
I believe the grounds that the CAS is not complying with the complaint procedure is a ground in itself for the Board to act directly.
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