Woman says child protection system failed her and her kids in time of need – CBC

by ahnationtalk on April 16, 2019235 Views

‘We got nothing,’ says woman of promises of counselling, care after knife attack

Apr 16, 2019

A mom says after she was attacked and seriously injured by her ex-partner four months ago, the Northwest Territories child protection system re-victimized her and her children by repeatedly trying to apprehend the kids.

The woman told CBC News the first attempt to apprehend her three children happened as she was lying in the ambulance, waiting to be transported to hospital, after her ex-partner attacked her with a knife.

“My eldest brother, who I had phoned to come and get the kids — I actually had my daughter phone him — he had arrived and already had the kids and he informed me that social services had tried to take the kids from him,” she said.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/woman-says-child-protection-system-failed-her-1.5098959

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