Thank you Madam Chair.
I'm going to give my last two minutes to Michelle.
My question here is.... Maybe it's not a question; it's a statement.
According to the United Nations, children have the right to protection from abuse, exploitation and harmful substances, and to have their views listened to and their evolving capacities respected.
Parents also have the right to protect their children and to ensure that they receive the nurturing they require, so I don't understand this whole bit about taking them away from the parents or one of the parents. Whatever happened to the foster care system?
I'm bringing this up because I was part of that system, and I didn't have this situation. They did listen to the child, and then the parents were assessed.
Why are we not doing that today instead of punishing the child?
I don't know if Lisa wants to answer that.