On October 2, 2025, my lawyer sent a formal letter to the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD). It was addressed to the ministry’s legal counsel, but it might as well have been addressed to a system that’s forgotten what accountability means.

For a month now, MCFD has avoided even the most basic step in a child-protection case: a Family Case Planning Conference. That’s the meeting where families are supposed to be heard—where the ministry and parents come together to review concerns, evidence, and plans for a child’s care. In Bennett’s case, since removal, that meeting never happened. Instead, reports filled with falsehoods have been written and filed, while no one from the ministry has made an effort to sit down and talk through them.

The letter my lawyer sent demands what any parent would want: honesty, communication, and urgency. It reminds MCFD that “waiting over a month to start addressing concerns is inexcusable.” It asks why the Director—the person legally responsible for Bennett’s well-being—refuses to meet, even when other social workers on the file could easily step in.

Ignored Warnings and Dangerous Double-Standards

The letter also confronts something deeply troubling: MCFD’s renewed interest in placing Bennett with his father.

This isn’t new territory. When Bennett was an infant, there were serious concerns about his father’s behaviour—so serious that the ministry’s own safety plans once required strict supervision. Now, despite the warnings of medical and behavioural professionals who’ve said Bennett should remain in my care, the ministry appears to be supporting Bennett’s fathers push for placement with him, in the United States.

The letter asks what no one inside the system seems willing to say aloud: why is MCFD ignoring its own records, its own experts, and Bennett’s safety history?

A Child Uprooted Without Notice

Perhaps the most heartbreaking part of this letter deals with Bennett’s school. Before he was taken, he was thriving in a small private program tailored to his neurodevelopmental needs. After apprehension, MCFD moved him to a public school without telling me—and without providing any details about his supports, educational assistant, or transition plan.

Imagine learning your child’s new school, new teachers, and new routines from third-hand sources instead of from the people who are supposed to protect him.

Evidence Withheld, Justice Delayed

The letter ends with a demand for disclosure—specifically, the ministry’s refusal to release supervision reports from my recent visits with Bennett. I was told these reports were positive. Yet the ministry is withholding them. That’s not just unprofessional; it’s prejudicial.

The letter warns that if disclosure isn’t provided by October 24, 2025, the matter will be taken to both the Ombudsperson and the Supreme Court of BC for violation of legislation.

When a government agency hides documents that may exonerate a parent or demonstrate their child is safe with them, it’s not “procedure.” It’s obstruction.

This letter isn’t dramatic or emotional—it’s factual, professional, and firm. But underneath its legal tone is something much more powerful: a demand for humanity in a process that has forgotten how to see families as human.

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If this resonates with you—if you believe families deserve transparency, fairness, and timely action—keep paying attention. Because behind every official letter like this one, there’s a child waiting for adults to do their jobs.