Windsor to Demonstrate Against CAS

April 4, 2004 permalink

A group based in Windsor Ontario plans a demonstration against the Children's Aid Society. The demonstration will take place 1 PM Tuesday April 6, 2004 at 1438 Ouellette Street in Windsor. Large numbers have already been recruited, along with media coverage. People within range of Windsor have an opportunity to express themselves by attending. Contact information for the organizing group is in their flyer and petition, which follow:

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CFSM
"Citizens for Social Morality"

Our children are not business units subject to provincial re-imbursement ..."

Please take the time to contact the following MPP's and make your informed opinion of the "Children's Aid Society" known to them.

Marie Bountrogianni @ Fax# (416) 325-6195
Sandra Pupatello @ Fax# (416) 325-1498

* If you would like further information, assistance or would like to sign our petition, please feel free to contact us: Amal @ Ph# (519)948-4744, Dolores 735-7818, Dave email: wddpooldoctor@netzero.net

THIS PETITION IS FOR A NEWLY FORMED ADVOCATE AND SUPPORT GROUP, THE CFSM "CITIZENS FOR SOCIAL MORALITY". OUR PURPOSE IS TO ADVISE GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA AS TO THE NEGATIVE IMPACT, BROUGHT UPON OUR GOOD CITIZENS, BY THE "CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY". WE'D ALSO LIKE YOU TO KEEP THIS IN MIND, THE NEXT CHILD APPREHENDED COULD BE YOURS, A RELATIVE'S OR A FRIEND'S. TO THOSE ALREADY AFFECTED, PLEASE KNOW THIS. SOMEONE DOES CARE AND YOU ARE NOT ALONE. PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH YOUR NAME AND PHONE NUMBER, WHICH WE SHALL KEEP 'CONFIDENTIAL'. SHOULD YOU DESIRE FURTHER INFORMATION OR ASSISTANCE, CALL ANY OF THESE #'S AMAL (519)948-4744, DOLORES (519)735-7818, DAVE (586)445-1695.

[The petition includes space here for the name and phone numbers of up to 13 signatories per page.]

To: Honourable Member of Parliament
Re: "Citizens for Social Morality"

This correspondence is intended to announce the formation of the "Citizens for Social Morality" or CFSM. This is a group of parents who have come together to advocate for the reform of Ontario's Children Protective Services (CPS). CPS philosophy continues to be child focused. As a result the family unit is harmed. Delivery of services must be to the child within the family unit, not just to the child.

We, the parents have designed the "Citizens for Social Morality" to be a political action/support group. It will function as a parent information/resource centre.

We intend to work through the public media to bring pressure on the ministry of the Child, Family, and Community Service to bring CPS back to its original legal protection mandate. CPS should not see itself as the default provider of Children's Mental Health Services nor as the sole provider of other children's services as its philosophy is adversarial to the family.

It is our intent to force the reform of the Child and Family Service Act of 1999. This law has been misused to apprehend large numbers of Canadian children. This behaviour is not only morally and socially reprehensible; it is also financially onerous to the people of Ontario. The Minister's solution is now to put all these reimbursement units up for adoption. This present legislation is so vague that aspiring bureaucrats are using it to create a business dealing in children. Our children are not business units subject to provincial reimbursement. We wish to make this absolutely clear to our elected representatives. As the funding of this agency is piecework based, it is financially rewarded for each file opened and each child apprehended. Files are being opened in this community, which should have never been opened.

The current legislation gives CPS workers more power than any policeman, physician or judge. CPS social workers lack both the training and skills to wield this power. The rights of Canadian parents and children are being routinely trampled on in the name of "child protection". This is a flawed piece of legislation, which must be rewritten. The time lines of the revised Act of 1999 are biased against the parents. We, the parents need to open up the process to proper public scrutiny, in order to ensure a level playing field. Families must face proper judicial review and be allowed fair and proper legal representation. Under the present legislation, even the lawyers do not want these cases because they realize that these families cannot be fairly represented.

We, the undersigned, wish to bring the light of day to the workings of this secretive organization.

Dave Dunkelberger 17135 Forest Eastpointe MI 48021 Ph&Fax (586)445-1695
D.A.Sicheri (519)735-7818
A.El-Hage(519)948-4744

Addendum: According to the organizers, about 15 demonstrators came, including ten wearing CFSM T-shirts. There was some coverage on local radio, tv and the Windsor Star. No news items on this demonstration could be found by Google. Feedback from the publicity has added several new members to the group. Another event is now in planning.