A reminder that bureaucratic stupidity is universalThe Children’s Aid Society of Hamilton is being accused of shutting down a foster home over the Easter Bunny.
Derek and Frances Baars have filed a court application alleging the Hamilton CAS violated their Charter Rights by closing down their foster home because the couple refused to tell the girls in their care that the Easter Bunny is real.
The couple, who now reside in Calgary, began taking care of two sisters, aged three and four, in December 2015.
The Baars, who call themselves devout Christians, say they told CAS that “they don’t celebrate Halloween and do not endorse Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny.”
But in February 2016, CAS support worker Tracey Lindsay allegedly told the Baars that the girls would be taken away, and their foster home permanently closed, if they refused to tell the girls that the Easter Bunny is real.
The girls were taken away March 4, and the Baars foster home was shut down.
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http://globalnews.ca/news/3374701/hamilton-couple-refuse-to-tell-foster-kids-easter-bunny-is-real-cas-shuts-down-home-court-docs/
