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Nothing that is said today can change the fate of Amanda Simpson, Savannah Hall, Rowen Von Niederhausern and Serena Wiebe. In the words of the province’s Representative for Children and Youth Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond the system failed them.
However, as Turpel-Lafond stressed throughout her report on the deaths of those four children, simple finger pointing is not what the report is about. The report is about identifying deficiencies in the child welfare system and then enacting change. The report is also about praising the front-line social workers who have a truly stressful and, at times, heart-wrenching occupation.
If anyone thinks it is easy to make the decision to apprehend a child or, conversely, leave a child in a home where there have been problems in the past, take a moment and walk a mile in their moccasins.