MINISTER BHULLAR’S: THOSE INNOCENTS VICTIMS WERE NOT CRIMINALS; THOSE CHILDREN ARE VICTIMS OF DANGEROUS CRIMINALS WORKING FOR THE STATE... “
Minister Bhullar’s Revelation: 741 Children Die in
Government Care”. Mr. Minister you know that our evil
Governments and their corrupted courts are sending our children and parents to
their deaths, why aren’t you taking drastic actions to end this atrocity? –
Patriot Institute
Last week Human Services Minister
Manmeet Bhullar made a shocking announcement—741 children died in government
foster homes or other forms of government care since 1999. This is 13
times higher than the 56 reported by the government in its annual reports
and five times higher than the 145 uncovered by investigative reporters
who pursued the story for years.
Mr Bhullar
The government owes these children
and their families an apology.
An apology is a regretful
acknowledgment of an offence or failure—and therein lies the problem. To
this day the PC government has not acknowledged that it failed the 741
children and their families.
In fact the PCs are anything but
apologetic…they’re defiant.
Premier Redford and Mr Hancock’s
“talking points”
Last fall Premier Redford and former
Human Services Minister Hancock stood shoulder to shoulder deflecting a
joint-Opposition demand for a public inquiry into 145 child welfare deaths (now
we know why).
They stuck to three simple talking
points:
The Redford government came into power in 2012.
Since then it passed the “children first” legislation, created an
independent child advocate and ensured that the quality council reviewed
every death. Message: Kudos to the Redford
government.
The majority of the 145 deaths occurred before
2012. The Redford government was not in power and as such not
accountable for the actions of its predecessors. Message:
It wasn’t me! (a peculiar argument given that both Redford and Hancock
were MLAs in these previous governments).
“Reportable” deaths are deaths that (1) occur in foster
care and (2) are not “natural”. Message: Two lawyer/MLAs
use legalese to define “reportable deaths” narrowly and reduce the number
of deaths to the absolute minimum.
Ms Notley
The only time Mr Hancock came close
to revealing the real number of deaths was in response to a question from Ms
Notley (NDP). (Sometimes it takes a lawyer to trap a lawyer). She
asked Mr Hancock to provide the number of children who died while receiving
protective services (other than foster care) over the 14 year period.*
Mr Hancock replied, “That would
require a historical review. I don’t have that information at the tip of
my fingers today. Then he reverted back to the first talking
point: “But I can tell you we publicly disclose, as of 2012, the death
of any child in care.”*
When he stated he didn’t have this
information at his fingertips “today”, Mr Hancock echoed the “not at this point
in time” responses given by John Dean (another lawyer) in the Watergate
hearings. Unfortunately the Legislature is not a court of law and Ms
Notley could not force Mr Hancock to go back to his office and get the
information she requested. It turned out not to matter.
Mr Bhullar’s revelations
Mr Bhullar achieved more in a month
than Mr Hancock achieved in the years leading up to the media’s disclosure of
the 145 child welfare deaths—Mr Bhullar uncovered the truth, convinced the
Premier to release the truth and persuaded Cabinet (including his predecessor
Mr Hancock) to make a clean breast of it.
Full credit to Minister Bhullar for
getting this far. I sincerely hope he achieves his goal of eradicating
the “culture of fear” he says exists within agencies, staff and families.**
Ms Redford
May I suggest that a good place to
start would be with an apology to the families of the 741 children who perished
under government care?
Given the role that Ms Redford’s
government played in fighting the FOIP requests and obscuring the true number
of children who died, it is only fitting that the apology should come from Ms
Redford herself.
However given Ms Redford’s refusal
to acknowledge her government’s role in this tragedy, the chances of getting an
apology from Ms Redford are slim to none. Sad.
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