Introduction
A turning point for child protection reform
Following the release of the annual Auditor General’s Report in December 2015, the Premier of Ontario, Kathleen Wynne, directed the Minister of Children and Youth Services (MCYS), Tracy MacCharles, to further reform the child protection system. Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk highlighted systemic problems with child protection standards, lack of adequate ministry oversight, and problems with the implementation of the Child Protection Information Network (CPIN). The Premier, responding to the AG report, called for an overhaul of Children’s Aid Societies (CASs). She said that change would be coming even if it meant “blowing up the system.”http://www.oacas.org/2016/01/responding-to-calls-for-change-in-the-ontario-child-welfare-system-toronto-star-op-ed/