Teen claims that CAS foster mother with the Halton Children's Aid Society broke the law and encouraged foster children in her care to break the law as well - video now on line!
(May 11, 2008) A child involved with the CAS has described during a videotaped interview how the CAS mother broke the law by providing cigarettes to teens in her care and then encouraged the teens to break the law themselves by sending them to the store to purchase cigarettes for her when they were underage.  This teen says that what the CAS foster mother did was wrong and that it encouraged those kids in the care of this Halton CAS foster mother to smoke.  Here we have laws in the Province of Ontario to protect children from smoking, yet we put the kids in care of an agency which is supposed to "protect" children and it is actions of the child protection agency and its workers which are the ones who are failing to protect children and putting them in harms way.
Link to Court Watch video index

How CAS workers manipulate children in a campaign to harm fathers and protect mothers who abuse their children - video now on line!
(May 5, 2008) A child involved with the CAS has described during a videotaped interview with Court Watch how CAS workers from Ontario asked her leading and suggestive questions in an attempt to make her father look bad while trying to paint the mother as a good mother.  Yet the child was being abused by her mother, not the father.  According to this girl, CAS workers totally disregarded abuse by her mother.  This latest video supports what many children and parents have been reporting to Court Watch about the bias against fathers being shown by many CAS workers.  Court Watch has received complaints from other families about the same CAS agencies which this girl was involved with. Court Watch has advocated for years that CAS workers must record their interviews with children, yet CAS agencies refuse to do this because they very well know that many of their child protection files are based on misleading and fabricated evidence.  If this is not the case, then why are CAS workers and agencies afraid of recording devices?
Link to Court Watch video index

Foster kid spill the beans! Halton Children's Aid Society worker gives cigaretts to underage children and then smokes up with them!
(April 26, 2008) A ward of the Halton CAS has come forth and during a videotaped interview disclosed to Court Watch that children as young as 14 were being given cigarettes and then allowed to smoke them along with the Halton CAS worker who told the children to keep this a little secret between themselves.  According to society ward, the CAS worker involved was having the under-aged children purchase cigarettes at the local store and bring them back for the the CAS worker and the kids to smoke together.  In addition to the smoking, the foster child told of crying in bed at night because of all the broken promises by workers and the constant pressure put on the children by the Halton CAS workers.  Another foster child came forth not that long ago to disclose abuse by workers with the Halton CAS.  That child as well voiced similar complaints.  During her interview, the child who is now a teen, disclosed of other abuses by CAS workers.  The teen referred to CAS workers as liars and manipulators who could not be trusted.  Children are being abused by CAS workers and agencies and now these unaccountable CAS agencies are demanding yet even more money from the Ontario Government.

The Untold Story and Gender Politics behind Ontario's Hadley Murder-Suicide
(April 24, 2008) Watch the video presentation of well respected Canadian criminal lawyer, Walter Fox, while he speaks about some of the gender based politics that went on during the Hadley murder-suicide inquest in Ontario.  Hear about some of the tricks that women's shelter advocates do not want members of the public to know about when it comes to how men are treated by the system in Ontario. Ontario is not a friendly place for men.
Link to Court Watch video index 

Barrie, Ontario Rally 2008 - Pre-Register Now!
(April 21, 2008) Citizens from the Barrie, Ontario Region are getting ready for their third annual public awareness event and barbecue to be held sometime this summer during the months of July or August in Barrie, Ontario.  The event is intended to bring public awareness of the injustices being perpetrated against families by the family court system and the Children's Aid Society.  The last two years have been a great success.  Justice Craig Perkins of the Barrie, Ontario court along with some other Justices such as Justice Lydia Olah have caused the citizens of Ontario great concern by their apparent lack of respect for the Law and their lack of accountability to the community.  Justice Craig Perkins likes to encourage people to violate his own court Orders and Justice Lydia Olah likes to have the Ontario Provincial Police lock the doors to her court in order to keep matters secret.  If you would like to pre-register for this event and to get your name on our contact list, please go to our registration sheet.  Many parents are aware of the dismal record of the CAS and the things that the various CAS agencies do to keep their workers unaccountable.
Pre-Registration information form

Teen beaten up by other girls
(April 8, 2008) Zero tolerance domestic violence policies paint most men in Ontario as abusers and women as victims.  Here is a link to a video which shows some of the truth about violence by women.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=a-YDgAG6tCM

Lawyers gone bad! Sex and Madness in Canada's legal profession
(April 8, 2008) Every week Court Watch advocates in various areas receive complaints about lawyers.  Poor services, high prices and often unethical practice. 

Meet Philip Slayton, Rhodes Scholar, former corporate lawyer and Dean of Law, discuss his book, book, Lawyers Gone Bad: Money, Sex and Madness in Canada's Legal Profession. Question and answer to follow. Wednesday, Apr. 9, 7 p.m. - North York Central, Auditorium.  Call the Library for registration at 416-395-5639.

Young girl's testimony about her experience in an Ontario women's shelter
(April 5, 2008) If any doubts linger about what the previous two women's shelter videos reveal about what is really going on inside some of Ontario's women's shelters, then this next video will support what those mothers said but from the perspective of a child.  In this video, the child reports being exposed to violence and abuse inside the shelter and that she was forced to watch movies which showed men beating up women and then the bruised women going to women's shelters.  These women's shelters are indoctrinating children into believing that only men are abusers and that women are victims.

The child said that it was not fair that they were denied access to her loving father and that she hated being forced to stay in the women's shelter.  It would appear that not only are tax dollars being used to abuse women at these shelters but their children as well!
Link to video

One father's experience with altered court transcripts and his advice about the use of audio recording devices!

(March 31, 2008) In this video a father from Ontario tells about his experience with the Ontario courts and the court's transcription services.  According to this father, the court transcripts in his case were altered and that the company who did the transcripts went to great lengths to cover up the tampering.  An increasing number of families in Ontario are complaining about court transcripts being altered.  Citizens must protect themselves using hidden audio recording devices outside of the court and to record their court hearings when inside!
Link to Court Watch video index 

Law enforcement officer provides evidence to Court Watch to support incompetent and bias decision by Justice Craig Perkins!

(March 28, 2008) In follow-up to the post of March 14, 2008, documents have now been delivered to Court Watch which would reasonably support claims that Justice Craig Perkins of the Newmarket, Ontario court failed to promote justice and made an incompetent and bias court ruling in support of a woman in a family law matter.  His decision in this case has adversely affected a father and his children and at the time of his decision put other citizens in the community at risk because of the fraud and deception being perpetrated by the mother with the support of Justice Perkin's ruling. 

The documents reveal how Justice Perkins had the wool pulled over his eyes and totally fell prey to a women's lies and deceptions which hurt yet another family without even giving the opportunity for the father to appear in his court.  To have prevented this fraud on the community, Justice Perkins simply had to tell the mother to serve documents on the father so that he could be given the opportunity to be in court as well so at least Justice Perkins could hear both side.  But Justice Perkins did not and went ahead and listened to the mother's side only.

There is no publication ban as there is in another case which Justice Perkins badly messed up on by not even asking what the wishes of a 10-year-old child before he separated permanently from her loving family.   It would seem that Justice Perkins has a bad habit of making decisions without ensuring that he has all the evidence before him.  Charges for obstruction of Justice will be requested in this case.  Only time will tell if judges like Justice Perkins are interested in making parties (including lawyers) who mislead the courts accountable for their actions.  One of the reasons why lies and perjury has become rampant is because the courts do nothing to those who get caught lying.  Many claim that the actions of Judges like Justice Perkins support why judges in Canada need to be elected.  The citizens of each community should have a mechanism to get rid of judges which the community feel are making bad decision.  As it now stands, many Canadians claim that we have a system of Judicial tyranny.

The law enforcement officer who assisted with the gathering of the evidence in this latest case has stated that he is absolutely shocked at the broken-down state of the family court system in Ontario. A number of law enforcement officers have contacted Court Watch as well to report similar concerns about the family justice system and how Ontario's zero tolerance policies on domestic violence are hurting many innocent children and families. 

York Region Police useless in locating abducted children claims parent!

(March 26, 2008) Court Watch has received a number of calls from parents who have complained about the failure of the York Regional Police to fulfill their duty to uphold the law equally for all citizens.  York Regional police was the agency which did nothing initially to arrest the York Children's Aid Society supervisor, Donna Lennon, who was caught stealing from children in the care of the York CAS until after Court Watch investigated and helped the mother to expose the failure of the York Regional police to act. 

The latest complaint comes from a parent who claims that York Regional Police have been unable to locate his children who were unlawfully abducted by the mother.  There is a court Order which orders the police to locate, apprehend and to return the children to the father, yet the York Regional Police have been unable to do so, even though the mother is likely still in Canada.  In this day and age of computers and instant communication, if police really wanted to locate a mother with two children in Canada, they could quite easily do so.  Yet it seems that the York Regional Police are unable to do so.  The father says that he has had very little cooperation by the York Regional Police and that they appear to be just putting off their duty to enforce the law.   Another parent called Court Watch just two weeks ago with more complaints about the York Regional Police and what he claims was their bias by officers in favour of his ex-wife.  York Region CAS appear also to be involved in this case and according to the father, aided the mother in her efforts to abduct the children.  Complaints about the York CAS also come in routinely to Court Watch.  Video testimony is being gathered about this agency as well.

The inability of the York Regional Police to locate the mother certainly puts a black mark on the professionalism of all the officers at the York Regional Police. Other police forces in Canada appear to have been successful in locating and returning children even when they have been abducted to other countries, yet York Regional Police seem unable to do what other police forces seem to be able to do under even more difficult circumstances.  It would seem that in the area of locating abducting mothers, York Regional Police are not up to the job!

Other police officers from other forces have contacted Court Watch and have said as well that many police and CAS agencies support mothers but will not support fathers under the same set of circumstances.  A number of good, honest police officers have said that they are dismayed to see these sorts of injustices going on against fathers involved in the family court system.  One of the latest videos posted on Court Watch shows step by step how police destroyed a father which allowed the mother in that case to abduct the children to the United States.  Some officers are reporting that they are losing faith in the justice system in Canada.

One mother's testimony about Ontario's Office of the Children's Lawyer!

(March 23, 2008) Court Watch routinely gets complaints from both children and parents about the Office of the Children's Lawyer. Here is just one of the many complaints that are reported to Court Watch about this government agency.  Some children have even reported on videotape that they have been threatened, bullied and coerced by their lawyer with Ontario's Office of the Children's Lawyer.  Children have even fired their children's lawyers because the lawyers have done such a lousy job representing them.
Link to Court Watch video index 

Exposing the destruction of fathers by Ontario's draconian zero tolerance domestic violence policies!

(March 23, 2008) A new video has been passed to Court Watch which deals with the subject of how good loving fathers are routinely destroyed and their children removed from them by the system. See the story of a father whose life was destroyed as a result of the failure of the police to properly investigate allegations made against him by his vindictive ex-wife.  The persecution of this father and the failure of the police to conduct a proper investigation is likely the result of Ontario's Zero Tolerance policies which place most women above the law while stripping most fathers of their basic rights and freedoms.  But let's not forget that even some mothers get caught in the same trap although nowhere near what fathers endure.  This video is one of a new generation of videos beginning to emerge as more and more Canadians develop the resources to produce powerful videos which get the truth out.  Any reader with a video they would like considered for posting on the Court Watch website should contact us.
Link to Court Watch video index 

Halton, Ontario CAS has stole my child!

(March 19, 2008) Court Watch has received yet another complaint about workers with the Halton Children's Aid Society with a parent who has had enough with this agency. The parent claims that workers have lied and have done everything within their power to keep the child from being with the child's own loving family.  Postings about the Halton Children's Aid Society have resulted in a number of calls from concerned parents. This is the same agency that has violated the Corporations Act of Ontario and where a teen reported being beaten and robbed while in the care of the Halton CAS.  It would seem that all is not well in the Region of Halton. 

Another complaint about Justice Craig Perkins of the Newmarket, Ontario!

(March 14, 2008) Court Watch has received yet other complaints about Justice Perkins.  Another father who called Court Watch said that Justice Perkins screwed himself and his children and that this father is ready to go public as well with his story of how his family has been adversely affected by Justice Craig Perkins. This father feels that Justice Perkin's decision reflected a strong bias in favour of mothers (even abusive and violent ones).  Court Watch will be investigating the history behind Justice Perkins involvement in this case as well.   According to this father, Justice Perkins granted a mother her requests without making her serve the father with court documents before coming to court and that she gave false information to the court.  Yet, this mother has a history of violence and abuse against the father and assaults against the children and breach of court orders and many criminal charges.  One child has been put in hospital as a result of an assault by the mother.  This mother had had even tried to kill her husband and pleaded guilty.  Yet Justice Perkins backed the abusive mother and gave an Order which favoured the mother and did harm to the father and the children.  (Don't forget the other case in which a Barrie, Ontario mother was given her children and then ended up murdering them in spite of evidence which showed that the mother was abusive)

With the Order that Justice Perkins gave to this mother, she was able to drag other innocent people in the community into her fraud and deception.    According to this father, the Order of Justice Perkins was the order which started his family down the slippery slope to hell.

Justice Perkins may think that he can get away with hiding his dirty work by putting publication bans on cases and then breaking court Orders and badmouthing Court Watch as well as other good citizens in publications in the legal community but in the end, the citizens will see the truth.  Just as those in power in Communist Russia thought that they could contain the will of the people with the Berlin Wall, history has shown that not even the mightiest of powers can hide the truth forever.  The Court of Public opinion has shown that it can break down the mightiest barriers of oppression.  Those who do wrong to the people will eventually get exposed and with the age of the computer and the internet it is now easier to get the truth out.  In the opinion of many in the community, when all the evidence is in on some of these cases, that Justice Perkins will be seen as the "Emperor with no clothes" by a number of citizens.

In many ways, this whole affair of Justice Perkins is a great tragedy.  Some people and even some respected lawyers (who are supportive of Court Watch) have contacted Court Watch and have said that Justice Perkins has made some good decisions in the past.  Court Watch does not doubt at all that Justice Perkins has made some good decisions and that he has done some good things during his career.  He may be a good person on a personal level.  Court Watch has been present in his court and has observed him and in some areas, Justice Perkins has done his job right.  For example, Justice Perkins acknowledged that parties in court had the right under law to record their own court hearing and gave no objections when recording devices were openly used in his court.  Justice Perkins allowed Court Watch to sit in his court, where an earlier Judge, Justice Lydia Olah, broke the law and had OPP officers lock the courtroom doors and threaten members of the press to stay out.  However, just as with the recent case involving Governor Eliot Spitzer of New York demonstrates, doing good in the past does not justify a person in a position of authority doing wrong in other situations.  The case of Governor Spitzer is a good reminder as well, that no matter how big and powerful you are, the court of public opinion can bring you crashing down if you choose to do wrong.

In spite of the good that Justice Perkins may have done in other cases, his past cannot and must not be used to justify bad decisions in other cases.  His conduct and rulings must be professional, consistent and under scrutiny seen to be fair at all times, not just sometimes.  The recent situation in which Justice Craig Perkins appears to be knowingly permitting a court Order to be violated is not acceptable and in violation of the very fundamentals of the Rule of Law in Canada.  Even Lawyers have advised Court Watch that it would appear that Justice Perkins is violating his own Court Order and emails from some of these sources would appear to confirm this.  Some of these "so called" legal reporting services have not responded to inquiries about the violation of Justice Perkins order, which brings into question the very credibility and professionalism of the agencies that claim to be accurately reporting on case law. If Justice Perkins was truly an honourable judge, he would show his respect for the law by taking steps to ensure that his court Order is respected by those firms which publish case law and are currently in violation of his court order.  One call from his secretary could immediately and quickly remedy this situation which is now bringing the Administration of Justice into disrepute.  For Justice Perkins to continue to turn a blind eye and allow his court Order to be violated makes a mockery of Justice in Canada, not to mention makes a mockery of himself.

Democracy cannot survive in Canada if Judges give their veiled consent to the breaking of Court Orders and the interference with the process of transcripts.  The case in which Justice Perkins ordered that a 10-year-old girl could not see her father or three other older loving siblings until she was 18 years of age was clearly wrong in the eyes of many in the community.  In this case, Justice Perkins never even allowed the girl's wishes to be heard by the court.  The girl was never granted a children's lawyer even though the father requested it.  Everyone who knew the family, knew the girl wanted to see her loving family and was afraid of her mother.  Justice Perkins had the power and more importantly, the duty to the Administration of Justice to hear from the girl, but he did not.  This error on his part was so apparent to many in the community.  He simply failed to hear from the very person who was the subject of the proceedings.  It was a significant mistake that has caused a little girl's relationship with her father and her siblings to be destroyed. Court Watch receives calls from children asking why the courts are not listening to them. Some report during videotaped interviews and in affidavits that they are being lied to and coerced by lawyers and other professionals associated with the courts such as the CAS. These crimes against children cannot be allowed to go on.

All that the people of Canada want is for Judges to do their jobs competently and to respect both the word and intent of the Law and to treat parents fairly in court. It is no secret that the courts are in a crisis because of bias and lack of accountability.  This crisis is largely the result of the failure of the system to ensure justice for the people of Canada.  Even many lawyers now openly admit that there is a big problem in family court. If our judges do not take action on their own and begin to put justice back in family courts, the people of Canada are going to bring the system crashing down on them.  The family court system is headed for disaster.  It is not a matter of "if" but only "when" unless these judges drastically change their way of handing out justice.  While there are a number of very honourable judges within our system, it is time for the good judges to speak up and to reign in the ones who are causing so much harm and threatening our entire system of Justice.

Justice Craig Perkins of the Newmarket, Ontario court steps out of bounds as a judge and obstructs justice!

(March 9, 2008) A lawyer has advised Court Watch that it would appear that Justice Craig Perkins of the Newmarket and Barrie, Ontario courts has violated his own court order in which he ordered a publication ban on the name of witnesses at a trial in which he was the presiding judge.  Legal sources sympathetic to Court Watch have forwarded copies of the materials which clearly have been published and distributed by the legal community in violation to a written court Order.

Information provided to Court Watch from legal circles would also appear to show that Justice Perkins may have himself been responsible for the violation of the court ordered publication ban and that the judge may be stepped outside of his jurisdiction as a judge by supplying information for publication which he clearly knew was not to be published. One of the firms which had published the banned information indicated that even though it was brought to the attention of Justice Perkins that there might be a mistake, that Justice Perkins indicated that it was his wish to have the banned content published contrary to the court Order. 

The actions of Justice Perkins further support the belief of many Canadians that many of our judges have become lawless as they see that they can do anything they want (including breaking the law) and get away with it because as many Canadians feel, the Judicial Council is failing to protect the public's interest and turning a blind eye to these lawless judges.  By his actions to violate a written court Order, Justice Perkins is making a mockery of Justice in Canada and by his actions is harming the good reputation of those judges who are fair and just.  Many citizens feel that Justice Perkins is a judicial tyrant who has brought the administration of Justice into disrepute and by his thoughtless actions actions is helping to destroy freedom and democracy in Canada.

Former Member of Parliament, Roger Galloway, tells public audience how the Parliamentary process in Canada is sick and that laws are getting passed by special interest groups using mischief and slight of hand!

(March 8, 2008) See never before seen video footage from the archives of Court Watch of Former Canadian Member of Parliament, Roger Galloway taken at a public conference in Whitby, Ontario in March of 2003.  Mr. Galloway reveals some of the problems that Canadians are facing having a Justice Department that is unresponsive to the wishes of the majority of Canadians.  As Mr. Galloway points out in his presentation, Canadians are going one way on the issue of justice but that the Department of Justice is going in an opposite direction and as a result, Canadians are losing respect for the Justice System in Canada.  Mr. Galloway gives some good advice as to how Canadians can change the system for the better.
Link to video

Canadian justice advocate, "Justice Jack", speaks up about his family's experience with flawed interviews with his children and court transcripts riddled with additions and omissions!

(March 8, 2008) Hear shocking video testimony (part 1 and 2) from an interview with Canadian justice advocate, "Justice Jack" Hepworth, regarding the incompetence and unprofessional conduct of CAS workers and police during interviews with his children and the mess that the court system made of his transcripts.  Jack tells how fictitious statements were added to the transcripts and statements which were said in court removed.  Justice Jack says that statements which the Judge made in the court did not appear on the transcripts.  Many would believe that the authorities were trying to frame this family as part of a taxpayer funded witch hunt.  The Ottawa Citizen newspaper published many articles involving this family's case before the courts.  The children are now going to sue the authorities. Complaints from children and parents about highly flawed interviews with children continue to come in to Court Watch which provide graphic testimony that this problem continues to the present.  Any reader who would like to have their own story of injustice put into video and posted on our site, then contact Canada Court Watch at info@canadacourtwatch.com.
Link to video

Anyone wishing to obtain a DVD copy of this latest video may contact Court Watch at info@canadacourtwatch.com. Copies are downloadable for free to Court Watch members upon request.

Exposing Ontario's morally corrupt women's shelter industry - One video at a time!

(March 2, 2008) Thanks to internet based video download sites springing up worldwide, it is now possible for the people to get the truth out to the world and to expose corruption as never before - in video!  The age of accountability and transparency with government-funded special interest groups and agencies is fast approaching as more and more justice minded Canadians step forward to speak out about injustices they have faced because of Canada's legal system!

This new video from Canada Court Watch is based on an interview with a former resident of an Ontario women's shelter.  In the interview, this mother speaks about how she and other residents in the women's shelter were psychologically and sexually abused by the women's shelter workers.  This video about Ontario's government funded women's shelter industry is now posted on one of the new video storage sites at Vimeo.com. A second similar video from another women who was a resident in another women's shelter will be posted soon.

Link to women's shelter video

This latest video supports what Erin Pizzy, the founder of the women's shelter movement in the world has stated publicly for years - that many of the women's shelters have been infiltrated by radical feminists where lesbian workers sexually exploit and prey on the vulnerable women who come into these facilities.  Some woman report that they feel that they have been more abused in women's shelters than with their former partners.  Court Watch does have such shocking video testimony from other women as well as children in its video collection which reveal shocking truths about the women's shelter industry in Ontario, Canada.

This video would be of assistance to groups and/or individuals who may be trying to expose abuse of power by women's shelters and to bring greater accountability and transparency to women's shelters in their own community. It is a good video to take to your local MP, MPP or corporations to show how many of the donations to the women's shelter industry are being squandered and abused and to support arguments that funding must be stopped until measures to make shelters accountable are made mandatory and published for all taxpayers to see.

Anyone wishing to obtain a DVD copy of this latest video may contact Court Watch at info@canadacourtwatch.com. Copies are downloadable for free to Court Watch members upon request.  Details of Canada Court Watch's position on women's shelters can be found at;  [Link to position statement]

Halton Region parent claims unfair and disgraceful conduct by Halton, Ontario Children's Aid Society worker
(March 1, 2008) Read one parent's letter to the Halton Children's Aid Society in which the parent outlines many of the incidents of abuse and neglect his daughter had to deal with while in the care of the Halton Children's Aid Society. The type of unprofessional conduct outlined in this parent's complaint letter is typical of the type of abuse that many children and families are subjected to by the various children's aid agencies in Ontario.  Readers who have similar problems with CAS agencies should contact Court Watch at info@canadacourtwatch.com
Letter of complaint to Halton CAS in PDF format

Halton Region parent claims unfair obstruction to release of information from Halton, Ontario Children's Aid Society files
(March 1, 2008) Read one parent's letter to the Halton Children's Aid Society in which the parent claims that the Halton CAS is putting up all kinds of barriers to prevent his family from being able to obtain information contained in the CAS files.  Some of the restrictions being placed on this parent border on the bizarre.  This parent's one daughter was recently assaulted while in the care of the Halton CAS.

Letter to Halton CAS supervisor in PDF format

Halton CAS workers should know better than to feed parents misleading information and to waste their time and that of parents by putting up silly barriers to fair disclosure.  Anyone in legal circles know that parent's have a right to fair disclosure of their files but it seems that some workers with the Halton CAS are not so well informed about legislation or the principles of Justice.  Other CAS agencies provide copies of files upon request.

Court Watch has purchased a copy of videotapes of an information workshop conducted at the Law Society of Upper Canada called, "Best Practices for the conduct of a child protection matter" in which it is disclosed that one of the first things that lawyers should obtain for their clients is a copy of the CAS files.  Parents have that right.  The videotape of the workshop which contains approximately 7 hours of video is available on a loan basis for members of Court Watch and contains much valuable information for parents up against the CAS in their communities.  Citizens who do wish to obtain their own videotaped copy of this highly informative workshop at the Law Society can obtain their own copy direct from the Law Society of Upper Canada at a cost of about $300.

As this parent's letter clearly points out, the actions of some CAS workers  making a mockery of Justice in Canada and is costing the taxpayers of Ontario significantly.  Any reader who has had problems with obtaining information from a CAS agency in Ontario should contact Canada Court Watch at info@canadacourtwatch.com

Toronto area citizen demands arrest of judges and court reporters who alter transcripts and make a mockery of justice in Canada
(March 1, 2008) A citizen from Toronto has requested the RCMP and the Attorney General of Canada to investigate and arrest those responsible for criminal activities inside of the Sheppard Ave. E. Courthouse. According to this citizen, a significant portion of his court proceedings were removed from the official transcripts to protect a lawyer who was a defendant in a court matter at 47 Sheppard Ave. E. courthouse in Toronto. This is the same courthouse where senior Justice Marvin Zuker sits as a judge.  Justice Marvin Zuker was exposed previously for altering court documents in a matter before him.  Altering transcripts requires the cooperation and conspiracy of at least two people - the judge and the court reporter.

When is the Attorney General of Ontario going to put rules in place which will keep judges and court reporters at arm's length from each other?  When is the Attorney General going to put an end to judges violating the law by stopping citizens from recording their own court hearings as permitted under the Courts of Justice Act?  The practice of allowing judges to review and approve transcripts is not only a waste of our tax dollars but clearly a practice which promotes the Obstruction of Justice.  The actions of some judges are making a mockery of Justice in Canada and making Canada the laughing stock of other nations.  Any reader who has had problems with court transcripts being altered should contact Canada Court Watch at info@canadacourtwatch.com

Letter to Attorney General of Canada in Adobe PDF format

Seeking information about Fabrina Habitaghi and Donna Lennon of the York Region CAS
(February 28, 2008) Court Watch has been contacted by a parent who is wishing to speak to other parents who may have had dealings with either Fabrina Habitaghi or Donna Lennon, former co-workers from the York Region CAS.  Donna Lennon was the York Region CAS supervisor who Court Watch helped to expose for stealing from children in care of the York Region CAS.  Donna Lennon pleased guilty to theft in the Newmarket court and was fired from her job.  If you are a parent who has any dealings with either one of these York Region CAS workers, then please contact Canada Court Watch at info@canadacourtwatch.com. 

It is in the public's interest that parent's share experiences with each other to discuss their dealings with the various CAS agencies to ensure that these agencies are working in a fair and accountable manner.

Canadian justice advocate, "Justice Jack", speaks out about his family's experience involving CAS interviews of his children
(February 20, 2008) Shocking video testimony from an interview with Canadian justice advocate, "Justice Jack" Hepworth, regarding the incompetence and unprofessional conduct of CAS workers and police during interviews with his children (Part One).  Many would believe that the authorities were trying to frame this family as part of a taxpayer funded witch hunt.  The Ottawa Citizen newspaper published many articles involving this family's case before the courts.  The children are now going to sue the authorities. Complaints from children and parents about highly flawed interviews with children continue to come in to Court Watch which provide graphic testimony that this problem continues to the present.  Any reader who would like to have their own story of injustice put into video and posted on our site, then contact Canada Court Watch at info@canadacourtwatch.com.
Link to video (Part One) Part two in which Justice Jack speaks up about altered court transcripts to be posted in the near future

Archbishop Baxter speaks on the current state of Canada's justice system - Canadians have a legal system, not a system of justice!
(February 9, 2008) A video clip from a speech given by the Archbishop Dorian A. Baxter in front of Queens Park on the state of Canada's court system.  The people of Canada have a legal system which is largely by and for the benefit of many lawyers and judges, not a system of justice for the people of Canada which it should be.  More and more Canadians are becoming ashamed of being Canadians because of what Canada's court system is doing to destroy many children and families.  Even Lawyers are calling Court Watch to tell us that they are disgraced to what is happening in the courts today.

With many thanks to the new video media, YouTube, Canada Court Watch will be posting an assortment of videos from people from all across our great nation who now wish to step forward to testify how they have been adversely affected by Canada's broken down family court system which is a growing disgrace for Canada and for all persons who believe in freedom and democracy.  If readers would like to have their own story of injustice put into video and posted on our site, then contact Canada Court Watch at info@canadacourtwatch.com
Link to video

Children being forced to drink a cup of water before being allowed to drink milk at Toronto area CAS group home
(February 5, 2008) A video interview of an 11-year-old child was given to Court Watch in which the child describes on videotape how the CAS workers in a Toronto area group home force the young children at the facility to drink a cup of plain water before they are allowed to drink any milk.  It was the rule.  If the kids did not drink water first they got no milk.  This skinny boy said that after he drank a cup of water, he would feel full and not want to drink milk in addition to the water.  This sort of sick rule of the CAS group home shows the extent to which these government funded CAS agencies will go to to keep their profit margins as high as possible, even if it means that the children are made to suffer nutritionally. 

This boy describes how the group home workers and the CAS workers make him afraid because he was told by CAS staff and his CAS social worker that unless he says bad things about his father and that he tells authorities with the court that he wants to live only with his mother, that he will be forced to remain in the group home forever.  The boy disclosed many instances of maltreatment by the CAS and its workers which can only be described as sick and demented.    Most people would be shocked to see this video of a child describing his abuse at the hands of the CAS, including sexual abuse by his male CAS social worker. While the boy is being told by the CAS workers that he must say that he wants to live with his mother, the boy describes later in the interview how his mother abuses him and that she brings strange men into her apartment and that she has sex with the men right in the living room of his mother's apartment.  Yet, the CAS forced the boy to live with his abusive mother.

Just as the Charles Smith story is beginning to unravel, many of these children who are being abused now will be coming forth in the future to expose these injustices and to sue those CAS workers and agencies and to discredit these agencies once and for all for their flagrant abuse of power and control. It is only a matter of time and even retirement by workers will not protect them from the lawsuits they will face.  Those CAS workers who are abusing children and those who are helping hide the abuse know very well who they are and one day they are going to pay the ultimate price.

Halton Ontario teen claims she was tricked and misled by Halton Children's Aid Society
(January 25, 2008) A Burlington, Ontario teenager has come forth to tell how she was misled and mistreated by workers with the Halton Children's Aid Society and told that she would get better treatment in the care of the CAS than she would at home with her Dad. Was she in for the shock of her life.  She was assaulted, robbed and threatened while in the care of the agency with agency workers and lawyers violating her rights during her time in care.  Other kids with the Halton CAS tried to commit suicide because they hated life being in care.  The teen has outlined her experience in an affidavit to the court which CAS workers and lawyers impeded her efforts to make the truth known about her experience in the care of the CAS.
Link to Teen's court affidavit

Abused foster girls accuse government officials of hiding critical documents
(January 10, 2008) This article is a classic example of how government funded child protection agencies and government agencies will work together to maliciously and knowingly, obstruct justice in order to conceal the abuse of children and to protect the government funded agencies under which the abuse of children is occurring.  In this case, even the Attorney General’s office was caught participating in the cover-up. 

As was the case here, investigations of abuse against children in foster care often end up with reports as 'unfounded' allegations and the investigation closed.  Once investigations end, the abuse of the children continues with kids being punished for telling the truth.  Many foster kids remain silent about being abused because they now have learned that even the government is an accomplice to those abusing them.  The Durham Children's Aid Society was found guilty by an Ontario court of malicious prosecution, blackmail and perjury in its attempt to frame the founder of Court Watch, the Archbishop Dorian A. Baxter.  Evidence was fabricated by the CAS workers.  An 11-year-old boy in the care of a Toronto area CAS agency disclosed on videotape being beaten, drugged, threatened and sexually assaulted by CAS workers and even his children's lawyer while in care of the CAS, yet when the boy came forward, he was sent back to the very agency who he claimed was abusing him, never to be seen again by his friends.  To this day, this boy has not been seen again by those who were trying to help him.  Even the court was requested to have the videotapes destroyed which implicated the Children's Lawyer office and the Children's Aid Agency.
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Other children's aid societies on Ontario are now getting caught trying to covering up wrongdoings and incompetence of their workers.  It is becoming increasing difficult for the courts and CAS agencies to conceal the truth as they have done in the past as an ever-growing body of children and their families are now becoming more aware of their rights and freedoms and how to expose corruption within the child protection industry.

Halton, Ontario Children's Aid Society seeks revenge against local couple
(January 7, 2007) An Oakville, Ontario couple were charged with theft following an incident in which Halton, Ontario CAS worker, Barb Turkowska, left the highly confidential files of other families at the home of the couple and then forgot where she had left them.  Wanting to bring some attention to the serious breach of confidentiality, the couple had the files returned through a lawyer and brought the story to the attention of the local newspaper.  Not all all happy with being embarrassed for what it's own careless and forgetful worker did, the Halton CAS then put pressure on the police to have charges laid against the parents for theft.  Of course, more of our tax dollars and human resources are being wasted by this agency. Read the latest article published about the abuse of our police services and criminal justice system in the Canadian Family Forum.
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The Golden Compass - an epic story about the systemic abuse of children by the authorities
(December 30, 2007) The new movie recently released, The Golden Compass, is a must see for anyone who has been adversely affected by the child welfare system in Canada. An excellent movie well worth seeing. Child protection agencies, lawyers, government and/or the church and the role they play in the abuse of children has been portrayed in this cleverly scripted allegory.  It's no wonder why some authorities are trying to ban the book and the movie.  Read the just released article about the new movie on the Canadian Family Forum.
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307(1) Any person, upon payment of a reasonable charge therefor and upon filing with the corporation or its agent the affidavit referred to in subsection (2), may require a corporation, other than a private company, or its transfer agent to furnish within ten days from the filing of such affidavit a list setting out the names alphabetically arranged of all persons who are shareholders or members of the corporation, the number of shares owned by each such person and the address of each such person as shown on the books of the corporation made up to a date not more than ten days prior to the date of filing the affidavit.

(5)Every corporation or transfer agent that fails to furnish a list in accordance with subsection (1) when so required is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $1,000, and every director or officer of such corporation or transfer agent who authorized, permitted or acquiesced in such offence is also guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a like fine.

Halton CAS worker, Barb Turkowska, gets exposed for her incompetence
(October 25, 2007) A child protection worker with the Halton Region Children's Aid Society, Barb Turkowska, is incompetent and has tarnished the reputation of the Halton CAS and should be fired as a child protection worker claims an Oakville mother. Under existing legislation, the name of the mother cannot be published.

According to the Oakville mother, CAS worker, Barb Turkowska left highly confidential case files containing personal information about several other families at the mother's home when she came for a visit at the family home on Monday October 22, 2007.  The mother says she found the files in her home and at first thought that the files were left for her by the CAS worker.  When she looked at the files in more detail later, she discovered that highly confidential and sensitive information about other children and families was there as well.  Ms. Turkowska did not call the family for the missing files and it was only when members of the media tried to reach Ms. Trukowska at her work, did  the Halton CAS become aware of Ms. Turkowska's most serious mistake.

According to Nancy McGillivray, the Executive Director of the Halton CAS, Ms. Turkowska, was not missing anything and that the CAS had "no idea" as to what information the Oakville mother may have had in her possession.  Examination of the files at the mother's home by reporters from various media agencies, clearly revealed the highly sensitive information.  Either the worker misled the Executive Director of the Halton Children's Aid Society, or she was just so forgetful that she really could not remember what files she had outside of the offices or where she had left them in error.

The mother claimed that not only was the Halton Children's Aid Society worker forgetful, but that she did not know how to spell English properly.  According to the mother, Ms. Turkowska's case notes are riddled with spelling mistakes and errors. Even the simple word "mother" was spelled, "mahter" in the worker's own notes. The mother also claims that the children could not communicate with Ms. Turkowska very well because the CAS worker's accent was so heavy that the children had difficulty understanding what she was saying much of the time.

Court Watch has claimed for some time now that workers with the various CAS agencies in Ontario must be more carefully screened and trained and that all workers with CAS agencies be licensed by the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers.  Most citizens would agree that any child protection worker who carelessly leaves confidential files on the job and then cannot even remember which confidential files he/she had with them outside the confines of their office, obviously is not fit to bear the responsibility of a child protection worker.

Link to Article from the Oakville Beaver in PDF format

Evidence of more court transcripts being altered by the court at 47 Sheppard Ave. E. (The same court where Justice Marvin Zuker previously got caught for altering court transcripts)
(October 16, 2007) Another citizen who had matters recently before the court at 47 Sheppard Ave. E. has produced evidence which would reasonably support claims that court transcripts have been significantly altered in violation to the Criminal Code of Canada in order to prevent the party from being able to appeal the judge's decision. This sounds a lot like what Justice Marvin Zuker did in a court case as well at the same court building. 

In light of this recent information and claims by other citizens of tampering of official court documents by officers of the court, it is time that Federal and Provincial authorities step in and put an end to what would appear to be illegal and immoral activity at the courts by some judges with the help of some courthouse staff. The unwritten practice of Judges reviewing and "approving" transcripts in the back rooms of the court must be put to an end, NOW!  Independent, third party court reporters with no ties to the judges, must be implemented along with court supplied audio tapes to each party immediately at the end of each court hearing. In this day and age of affordable and convenient recording devices, there should be NO reason why recording devices should not be put into widespread practice to increase transparency of the courts and to increase public confidence in the Administration of Justice.