Wednesday, November 23, 2005

One Not Down.....

StillDefendingTheIndefensible
GordCo Inc.


.......Still 713 to Go

Paul Willcocks has a small part of the story on one of the 713 dead children whose memories were shunted to a warehouse by Gordon Campbell and the BC Liberal's ideologically-driven service cutbacks to the Children and Families ministry.

VICTORIA - Dayna Humphrey wants to know why her little boy died in foster care more than two years ago.

Not just so his voice will be heard, Humphrey said Tuesday, but so other children's lives might be saved.

But so far she's run into a brick wall in her efforts to get any answers about what happened in the hours and days before her son, Brandon Seymour, was found slumped in a wheelchair, his restraints around his neck.

"I've been slapped down at every step," said Humphrey from her North Vancouver home. "I want to know that somebody out there is looking out for my son's voice.



Here are the responses from the Campbell government Ministers 'currently' responsible, also from Mr. Willcocks' story:

Solicitor General John Les said the coroner couldn't make any recommendations because the cause of death was undetermined......

(snip)

Children and Families Minister Stan Hagen said an internal review into Brandon's was still being done. He couldn't say when it would be completed, or why it has taken so long.



Again, I come back to an out of town visitor's comment who was here last week and saw the headlines before Mike de Jong's Bill 17 Deflector Spin Machine figuratively, if not literally, sent the files straight back to the Warehouse.

"How do these people sleep at night?"


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