“Unacceptable behaviour,” MPP Taylor slams Ford for sitting on reports of the crisis in CAS for a year

QUEEN’S PARK – MPP Monique Taylor (Hamilton Mountain), NDP critic for Children, Community, and Social Services, called out Ford for ignoring a crisis in care for vulnerable children for an entire year without taking action.

New reports revealed today that last year – long before the news was made public - the Ministry of Children, Community, and Social Services knew that vulnerable children were being placed in hotels, Airbnbs, and even CAS offices due to a lack of suitable placements in the community.

“Your government has had this report for over a year, and you continued to let the crisis grow,” said Taylor. “In that year, children have been displaced and some have died. This is entirely unacceptable behaviour from this government. Why has it taken over a year for this government to take notice?"

“An audit is not going to make one child safer tonight,” said Taylor. “It will not put a permanent roof over even one child’s head. The real question is, what will this government do to protect vulnerable children today and stop leaving kids behind?”