Group explores class-action lawsuit against Sask. gov't on behalf of foster children
By Lana Haight, The StarPhoenix
December 17, 2010 9:02 PM
REGINA, Canada — A group working on behalf of foster children is exploring a class-action lawsuit against the Saskatchewan government over a system that's been labelled as in crisis.
"The liability that's accrued in child welfare is huge. It's much greater than the residential school abuse," said Tim Korol, a former assistant deputy minister of social services who is spearheading the group that would launch the class action.
"I would argue that some of the harm that's come to these children is deeper. I don't want to minimize the residential school (abuse). That's part of the issue."
The idea of a foster care class action has been floating around the province's legal, medical and social work communities for a while. It's now time to hold the government accountable, says Korol, who was hired as a special adviser to the minister of social services in 2008, promoted to assistant deputy minister and then fired in June 2009. A rancher from the St. Denis area, Korol continues to be involved in the child welfare system as an advocate.
"There's two courts in our land. The court of public opinion and the judicial courts." FULL STORY
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