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Monday 13 May 2013

RE: Official Request to Investigate the Very Serious Allegations of Repeated Human Rights Violations of a Ward of Newfoundland and Labrador



y jacob <childprotectcanadainc@gmail.com>
3:07 PM (2 minutes ago)


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Carol A. Chafe
Child and Youth Advocate
Office of the Child and Youth Advocate
193 LeMarchant Road
St. John's, NL  A1C 2H5
Ph.:  (709) 753-3888 Fax:  (709) 753-3988
Toll Free:  1-877-753-3888
Email:  carolchafe@ocya.nl.ca

Official Request to Investigate the Very Serious Allegations of Repeated Human Rights Violations of a Ward of Newfoundland and Labrador


Dear Carol Chafe:


Child Protect Canada recently sent you this information concerning a ward, the Still Living Ashley Smith of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador whose human rights have allegedly been violated.   Child Protect Canada sent you an urgent appeal to “Act As If A Child’s Life Depends On It” on April 18, 2011 on behalf of this ward of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador about his human rights being violated and it seems as we have contacted your office that the alleged violations of this Living Ashley Smith have allegedly gotten worse and worse.

Please check the following link.



Child Protect Canada is officially requesting that you ask for an official independent investigation of this matter.  Please “Act as if A Child’s Life Depends On It”  

Child Protect Canada and You, Carol Chafe, The Child Advocate of Newfoundland/Labrador, we believe, have a fierce desire and a passion to help and protect vulnerable children.  It is our mission statement in life.  It is our Calling in this life to find ourselves in a position where we can devote ourselves to this noble, needed and Sacred task.

With this spirit Child Protect Canada contacted Mr. Barry Fleming, The Ombudsman of Newfoundland Labrador, because we thought it was his area of responsibility, to investigate government responsibility and accountability as these calls for Investigations and actions and accountability have been ongoing for years before Child Protect Canada became aware of them.  It is Mr. Barry Fleming, The Ombudsman of Newfoundland Labrador, who told Child Protect Canada that it was not his area of responsibility but that of the Child Advocate of Newfoundland and Labrador’s responsibility.  Mr. Barry Fleming sent us your email address, as the email displayed in Child Protect Canada’s correspondence with you and your correspondence with us.   Please note the date and time of your correspondence, which is displayed here next and please check your schedule as to where you were at this date and time.

From the Information sent to you.
 There was a meeting towards the end of 2012 between Carol Chafe, Lorraine Michael (the leader of the New Democratic Party of Newfoundland/Labrador Legislature), the allegedly victimized Whistle blower who fought for years to bring forward documented allegations of the terrible violations of the human rights of children in Newfoundland/Labrador, the father of the Living Ashley Smith, and Roxanne Pottle from The Child Advocate Office.  The father is quoted as saying at this meeting regarding his son “My son is the dirty little secret that no one wants to talk about.”  At this meeting it also reported that Carol Chafe said “ I don’t know about this case.”


This is the email to Carol Chafe-Child and Youth Advocate for Newfoundland /Labrador.

April 18, 2011
Dear Carol Chafe:
I am Reverend Jacob.  I am Executive director of the not-for-profit organization called Child Protect Canada.  This is a letter sent by us to Mr. Barry Fleming, The Ombudsman of Newfoundland Labrador to investigate a very serious matter.   We are attaching the email reply of the Ombudsman in which he refers this matter to your jurisdiction.
 Please investigate this very serious matter promptly.  Everything we have said to the Ombudsman applies to you.  Please    “ Act As If A Child’s Life Depends On It “.
 Please confirm your receipt of this email.

This is the confirmation from Carol Chafe –Child and Youth Advocate for Newfoundland/Labrador that she will check into this case.
From: Chafe, Carol
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 9:45 AM
To: 'jacob '
Cc: Chafe, Carol

Subject: FW: Child Protect Canada Complaint and request to investigate letter to Ombudsman NFL Doc3 forwarded to Carol Chafe The Office of the Child Youth Advocate
 Reverend Jacob,
This is to acknowledge receipt of your email as you requested and to inform you that I will review this matter   . Thank you . Carol Chafe
Carol A. Chafe
Child and Youth Advocate
Office of the Child and Youth Advocate
193 LeMarchant Road
St. John's, NL  A1C 2H5
Ph.:  (709) 753-3888 Fax:  (709) 753-3988
Toll Free:  1-877-753-3888
Email:  carolchafe@ocya.nl.ca

Child protect Canada cannot believe that you, Carol Chafe, Child advocate of Newfoundland and Labrador, did nothing after saying you will look into the matter.  It was a matter of Life and Death of the Living Ashley Smith from Newfoundland and Labrador.  How is it that you say in your email you will look into the matter and then a year and a half later say you don’t know about this matter.  Then who should?  Who sent some one from the Child Advocate’s Office to see the still Living Ashley Smith?  The Living Ashley Smith who was just released from the Hospital after the reported sexual abuse.  Where is the report for all these records? They should be there.  Who is allegedly acting like the Child Advocate in your office and you,allegedly. do not know about it and what are they doing to Help kids or allegedly harm them in the matter we brought before you.  There may be actions here that are prosecutable under the criminal code. 
From the information sent to you.

Why did Roxanne Pottle telephone the whistle blower before this meeting asking that she be met with instead of The Child Advocate?  The whistle blower refused.  Why did Roxanne Pottle call the father of the boy, as reported to Child Protect Canada, asking him to meet with her instead of the Child Advocate?  The father refused indicating he would be going to the meeting with the Advocate.  Did Roxanne Pottle pass by this invitation to Lorraine Michael, The leader Of the NDP in the Newfoundland/Labrador Legislature, to a meeting just with herself?   Why did Roxanne Pottle call the boy, as reported to Child Protect Canada, to ask him how he is and promise him “I will do everything in my power to get you home”?

Dear Carol Chafe, the father of the Living Ashley Smith and the whistle blower felt frightened and intimidated by Roxanne Pottle’s calls to them.  They both related their experiences of the fear and intimidation they felt and what transpired during those calls to Lorraine Michael, the leader of the NDP of Newfoundland and Labrador at that time.  Child Protect Canada has documented this.

Dear Ms. Chafe Child Protect Canada believes that if you do not answer all the questions that have arisen here about the alleged violations of the Human Rights of the one ward, The Living Ashley Smith from Newfoundland and Labrador by asking for a formal independent investigation that public cynicism will grow even greater.  If this case is not handled properly now with this one child then the electorate will believe that all your desire to help all the children, the alleged victims, is meaningless and the Newfoundland and Labrador electorate will also feel that with this Dunderdale government nothing will change for the children until this government is voted out.      

Please ask for an investigation and help this still Living Ashley Smith live and heal.

Child Protect Canada finds it incredible given the history of Newfoundland and Labrador when it comes to protecting children from long-term abuse.  We are horrified that this allegedly can still go on and children’s human rights are still ignored.

We unequivocally urge you to promptly start an investigation of this alleged lack of accountability.

We are looking for a confirmation from you, Carol Chafe, Child Advocate of Newfoundland and Labrador, that you received these complaints and what steps you have started to take and plan to take to investigate and answer the very serious allegations brought forward.

We at Child Protect Canada repeat the theme that we have to “ Act As If A Child’s Life Depends On It “


Yours,

Reverend Jacob
Executive Director
Child Protect Canada



Cc Mr. Barry Fleming, Citizens Representative citrep@gov.nl.ca
Cc Loraine Michaels, Leader of the NDP NL C/O Jean Graham Director Communication jeangraham@gov.nl.ca                    
Cc Dwight Ball, Leader of the Liberals NL                                                    dwightball@gov.nl.ca  
Cc Kathy Dunderdale, Premier Province of Newfoundland and Labrador premier@gov.nl.ca
Cc Hon. Charlene Johnson, Minister of Child, youth and Family Services                 charlenejohnson@gov.nl.ca
Cc Hon. Darin King, Office of the Minister, Department of Justice           justice@gov.nl.ca
Cc Human Rights Commission NL                   humanrights@gov.nl.ca 

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