2/23 Children Apprehended because of the "risk of" -Section 22(1) (2)

Children Apprehended because of the "risk of" -Section 22(1) (2)

Section 22(1)

In this Section, "substantial risk" means a real chance of danger that is apparent on the evidence.

Section 22 (2)

A child is in need of protective services where

(b) there is a substantial risk that the child will suffer physical harm inflicted or caused as described in clause (a) [inflicted bt a parent or guardian of the child or caused by the failure of a parent or guardian to supervise and protect the child]

(d) there is a substantial risk that the child will be sexually abused as described in clause (c)

(g) there is a substantial risk that the child will suffer emotional harm of the kind described in clause (f) [demonstrated by severe anxiety, depression, withdrawal, or self-destruction or aggressive behavior] and the parent or guardian does not provide, or refuses or is unavailable or unable to consent to, services or treatment to remedy or alleviate the harm.

(ja) there is a substantial risk that the child will suffer physical harm inflicted or caused as described in clause (j) [by chronic and serious neglect by a parent or guardian of the child , and the parent or guardian does not provide, or refuses or is unavailable or unable to consent to, services or treatment to remedy or alleviate the harm]

Comments and Reccommendations

• Understand, these reasons for apprehending a child has nothing to do with a parent ever having physically or emotinally harmed or sexually abused ANY child EVER !

• And when the children are apprehended, it IS NOT based on evidense as Section 22 (1). Instead these subsections are used as a catch-all trough to snare any child. Section 22 (1) is not applied in any sense - there is no evidense - it can be gossip - vendictive accusations - or all too often the parent's own lawyers who are a major part of the corrupt system, are pressing their clients into accepting these accusations.

• Niave parents are easily conned into accepting these accusations because they understand that they are NOT saying they ever actually did harm, neglect or abuse their children in any way. But in Nova Scotia, this is all the government needs and uses to take children permanently away from their families !

• These "risk of" subsection need to be struck from the act when there had never been and evidence of past abuse or neglect!