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Relief for Rebecca
December 10, 2011 permalink
Rebecca Davidson was taken into foster care in February 2009 by the Children's Aid Society of the Region of Waterloo for four months. On May 20, 2011 she testified before the provincial parliament about her ordeal. Even before that testimony, her family had petitioned for relief to the Child and Family Services Review Board, where they got a favorable decision in August 2009 ordering Waterloo CAS to provide detailed written reasons to the Applicant on:
In the decision, Rebecca is referred to as R.G. (her father's surname) and Mr C. is family friend and advocate Chris Carter.
An appeal to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice resulted in the CFSRB decision being set aside. But the Court of Appeal for Ontario reinstated the CFSRB decision.
CAS doesn't give up, and further appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada. On December 8 that court dismissed the case with the brief note: The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs to the respondent D.D.. The decision of the CFSRB is left intact. No further appeal is possible, and CAS now has to provide the answers required by the original CFSRB decision. It will be interesting to see the next step.
Addendum: Chris Carter reports that Rebecca's family now has a lawyer and is suing Waterloo CAS for $3 million.
Source: Facebook, Canada Court Watch
Addendum: The trial on the $3 million claim is scheduled to begin on November 25, 2014.
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Chris Carter
1. very happy to say that after the initial statement of claim was filed in the the Guelph ON Superior court back in the fall of 2011 (Sept. ? Oct. ?), the (formerly) Hespeler ON "D.D." family's civil trial-3 million dollar lawsuit seeking damages against the Waterloo CA$ begins next week on Tuesday November 25, 2014 at the Guelph ON Superior court. There have been perhaps two weeks initially set aside for this trial. This trial is open to the public.
Source: Facebook, Canada Court Watch