"I fight authority, authority always wins
Well I fight authority, authority always winnin'
Well, I been doing it, since I was a young kid
I've come out grinnin'"

"Authority Song" by John "Cougar" Mellancamp

You should check the video for this song, there's a lot of "symbolism" in it. It's pretty funny too. So is this.

Dialogue with: Me. Claude Lamoureux, director of legal services, Batshaw Youth and Family Centers

Yup, I talk a lot and that's what usually gets me in trouble, but then again, as that "bald headed, foul mouthed, rangy looking, jerk" that I "present" myself as, I guess that it is to be expected.

Cool.

In my opinion, the current abuse of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Civil Code of Quebec, the Quebec Health and Social Services Act, the Quebec Youth Protection Act, and the Quebec Code of Civil Procedure performed daily, under the noble auspices of being done in "good faith", "ethically" and in the children's "best interests" and under that big blanket of "confidentiality" that some members of Batshaw's legal department like to bury themselves in, has really got to stop.

Dubious legal tactics, improper legal procedure, intimidation, encroachment of legal rights, perjury and huge legal fees, are in no way, shape or form necessary to help a kid or a "family". Trust me on this.

Aside from my current "perception" of certain members of this "profession" being accomplices to the perpetrators of some tax-payer funded, socially destructive, self employment program for "intellects" who have a "distorted", misandrothopic understanding of social services, youth protection and family, could you please explain the "benefits" your "associates" have provided to my family at Society's expense?

Officers of the "Court" that would openly engage in such activities could only do so with a complete absence of honesty, compassion, or ethics. They would also need the blessing of their Governing board, the Courts and the Government.

Well, we know that this type of "void" does not exist in our Society, so what's my point?

Well, my point is this:

Is there some place in our Society that checks up on the "professionals" whom Society "trusts", and bestows upon them the legal "power" and "authority" to intrude upon a "family" and ride roughshod over the "parents" natural and legal rights, under the nobel auspices of being done in good faith, ethically and especially in "the children's best interests"?

That was a trick question because everyone who gets involved with the Courts and lawyers in Quebec knows that it's called the "Barreau".

Then I think the Attorney General and the Justice minister for Quebec might have a say in things too because the Supreme Court of Canada has handed down judgements that "defines" just how far Society allows State employed "professionals" to run rampant over a parents natural and legal "rights" especially when it is been done in the "children's best interests".

As a citizen of this country and province I do have a few questions for

As a "tax-payer":
How much of the "Batshaw Youth and Family Centers" budget is being spent by this Department, to allow members of this "profession", the opportunity to "perpetually" employee themselves as their "clients" provide these types of sub-standard "services" to the English population of Montreal, in the "children's best interests", honestly and in the spirit of the "Law".

As the "user":
How much of my family allowance and "parental contribution" is being spent by this Department, to allow members of this "profession", the opportunity to "perpetually" employee themselves as their "clients" provide these types of sub-standard "services" to the English population of Montreal, in the "children's best interests", honestly and in the spirit of the "Law".

As the "client":
Would you please ask your "client" if they prefer to resolve the issue of the "social worker" in an "amicable" fashion, by ceding to the father's "request" that his legal "right" to receive services from a professional Social Worker as the family's DYP delegate be respected, or spend 2004 in courts fighting petitions for a request for services from a "professional" {I'll send you an e-mail when the petition is ready}

'nuff said.

"there's a difference between a human being and being human ...BIG TIME!!!"