Discrimination affects 15,000 Ontario grandchildren

Discrimination affects 15,000 Ontario grandchildren

Dear Editor,

I am sure that you can agree that there should be no penalty for taking on the responsibility of raising a child whose parents cannot raise or have abandoned them, and that there should be full funding (just as for any other foster child) and societal support to acknowledge the great sacrifice we all benefit from when the kin of those children step up to the plate. You may not be aware of the appalling situation involving grandparents and other kin raising grandchildren in Ontario and how desperate these seniors are, but I am certain that after you have read this letter, you will be as outraged as the rest of us who have recently learned of this issue. I am bringing it to your attention with the fervent hope that you will assist these deserving grandparents in their plight.