Category: Letters and Responses
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June 19, 2026
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in Advocacy, Advocacy & Action, Bennett’s Story, Bring Bennett Home, British Columbia, Child Protection, Child welfare, Child Welfare & Protection, Child Welfare Reform, complex care, Disability and Justice, Disability Rights, family advocacy, Human Rights in Canada, Human Stories, Legal & Bureaucratic Barriers, Legal and Political Advocacy, Legal update, Letters and Responses, MCFD, MCFD / Government Accountability, MCFD Accountability, Parent Advocacy, Parent Voice, Parental Rights, Parents navigating the system, social justice, Special needs advocacy, Special needs parenting, System & Policy, Systemic Accountability, Systemic Failures, Systemic Failures in BC, systemic negligence, traumaFor seven years, I have loved this boy more than anything in this world. He came home to me on May 7. No finding of abuse. No finding of harm. The reason he was ever taken from me in the first place? I asked for support services. Since then, I’ve been quietly doing everything a…
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The Ministry Wrote Back. But They Still Didn’t Answer.
After months of documentation, I received a letter that thanked me for “advocating” while ignoring the evidence of harm. This is what systemic failure looks like on official paper.
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