Serenity - The Girl Who Died In Care

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Just to play devil's advocate, why do people think this should be laid at the feet of the minister?

Why not undertake an investigation, see where the mistakes were made and if they were screw-ups or a structural problem, change whatever needs to be changed to prevent this from happening in the future, and if the investigation reveals there was someone who was responsible as a result of doing their job poorly, fire that person?

[northcrunk]

F###ing pathetic move on the NDP. #### them.

[CliffFletcher]

One of the root causes of this crisis is that responsible and compassionate couples aren't exactly lining up to foster vulnerable children. As we've become richer as a society, and as families have gotten smaller, the pool of parents willing to adopt and foster children older than newborns has actually gotten smaller. No government agency can wave a wand and make thousands of loving and nurturing adoptive families appear. I suspect they know very well that they're often handing kids into less than ideal situations, but they resign themselves to choosing the best of a bad lot and hoping it works out.

I'm not excusing the government in this case. But the bigger issue - a chronic shortage of foster homes - isn't going to go away no matter how many inquiries and firings take place.

[killer_carlson]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

Just to play devil's advocate, why do people think this should be laid at the feet of the minister?

Why not undertake an investigation, see where the mistakes were made and if they were screw-ups or a structural problem, change whatever needs to be changed to prevent this from happening in the future, and if the investigation reveals there was someone who was responsible as a result of doing their job poorly, fire that person?

I started off thinking that the Minister wasn't part of the problem, but in reading more of what's transpired in the last 4 weeks it's clear that he's incompetent.

However, as I said above, he should be terminated for how he's handled the last few weeks. The real issue is getting the RCMP the info to track down the bastard perpetrators, and then cutting a swath through the bureaucrats whose negligence, incompetence, coverup or "not my job" attitude permitted this to occur.

[Mr.Coffee]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

One of the root causes of this crisis is that responsible and compassionate couples aren't exactly lining up to foster vulnerable children. As we've become richer as a society, and as families have gotten smaller, the pool of parents willing to adopt and foster children older than newborns has actually gotten smaller. No government agency can wave a wand and make thousands of loving and nurturing adoptive families appear. I suspect they know very well that they're often handing kids into less than ideal situations, but they resign themselves to choosing the best of a bad lot and hoping it works out.

I'm not excusing the government in this case. But the bigger issue - a chronic shortage of foster homes - isn't going to go away no matter how many inquiries and firings take place.

If this is true, and I'm not saying you're right, but if this is true, why do you think it is?

[Snuffleupagus]

Jesus, surely this story isn't real.

[redforever]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

One of the root causes of this crisis is that responsible and compassionate couples aren't exactly lining up to foster vulnerable children. As we've become richer as a society, and as families have gotten smaller, the pool of parents willing to adopt and foster children older than newborns has actually gotten smaller. No government agency can wave a wand and make thousands of loving and nurturing adoptive families appear. I suspect they know very well that they're often handing kids into less than ideal situations, but they resign themselves to choosing the best of a bad lot and hoping it works out.

I'm not excusing the government in this case. But the bigger issue - a chronic shortage of foster homes - isn't going to go away no matter how many inquiries and firings take place.

While that may be, I think the main problem here is gov't policy thinking kinship care is better than other foster care. Clearly that was not the case here.