Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services - Unified

Dear Minister,                                                                                                                                   There is a pending crisis looming over community services facilities in Ontario that is on pace to match the deadly wave that has overcome our long-term care homes as a result of COVID-19.  From the onset of this pandemic, too many of the solutions that will save lives have not been adequately implemented.……

The Minister of Children, Community, and Social Services has responded to a letter from OPSEU’s Provincial Women’s Committee (PWC) demanding the reinstatement of the Ontario Child Advocate. Although the minister, Todd Smith, writes that “our government is working with the Ombudsman to better support the children, youth and families that interact with them,” he doesn’t……

In a letter to the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, OPSEU’s Provincial Women’s Committee (PWC) is demanding that the Ontario Child Advocate be reinstated. “According to the former advocate in charge of the portfolio, Irwin Elman, his office represented children and youth who received child welfare services, youth with disabilities or mental health……