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Attorney General Reference #MC-2013-2578
Ontario Judicial Council
Adelaide Street Postal Station
P.O. Box 91431 Adelaide Street East
Toronto, ON
M5C 2K3
We/I the undersigned send this as a letter of complaint against the
below mentioned (Judge Katerynch, Jarvis Street Family Court, Toronto, Ontario) and as a complaint against those other individuals party to the events, circumstances and final outcomes that led up to and followed after the ruling that the Children's Aboriginal Status had no bearing in the court. We are asking that a full review of that decision and how it came to be made, contrary to the mandatory review for Plans of Care within a First Nations Context having status for consideration before others. All those indicated in the document below having been named and to what extent more or less either through dereliction or collusion was party to the matters hereinafter disclosed.
Year 2002
Children; Caleb Francois 5 year old male, Jesse Francois 4 year old male, Jania Francois 2 year old female; illegally apprehended by the Children's Aid Society in February 2002, their Aboriginal Rights Violated and Circumvented; Aided in doing so by Native Child and Family Services of Toronto, Hilda Tennisco of The Algonquins of Pikwakanagan Indian Band, the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto, and Judge Katerynych Family Court, Toronto Ontario.
Ten Years Ago
The reason Judge Katerynych made that ruling was based on a deception later proven to be true, documented and still available. An officer of the court lied to the Judge concerning the status of the children and their "Legal Status" as aboriginal children. Had the Judge known that the children were/are legal Status at that time, because of law, she would have been compelled by the laws of Ontario and the Indian Act to do a mandatory review of the Plan of Care within its First Nations context. A plan that was made and ready to be presented even before the above mentioned ruling took place. This plan is still within our history, orally and written, from two Chiefs, both of whom are still the Chiefs of their respective communities; Chief Kirby Whiteduck and Chief Zane Bell.
The lie begins with a letter from Hilda Tennisco, Supervisor Pikwàkanagàn Child & Family Services, written by her to C.A.S.T. (Children’s Aid Society of Toronto) stating that the children were not members and were not eligible for status. That was, and still is, outside and exceeding her authority, either in her position and/or as a member of the Band. The authority for determination of the children's status fell under, and falls under, Lands, Estates and Membership and Jan Leroux Program Manager, who had at that time and still holds the authority for such determinations.
Jan Leroux was never consulted by Hilda Tennisco in this regard at any point in the process, nor is there any documentation showing that this was the case, then or now. As a matter of fact the children, all three, have their status cards and became registered members of The Algonquins of Pikwakanagan. Issued immediately following the maximum length of time they could be in care before C.A.S.T. could file for full Crown Wardship.
Were it not for a lie told by Hilda Tennisco to C.A.S.T. (in writing), and then not disclosed to myself or my legal counsel, we could have petitioned the Judge to give my Reserve and extended family who are registered members of our Reserve legal standing. (I have 10 aunts and Uncles and all together 70 first and second cousins). Chief Zane Bell and his wife, along with my own Reserve were ready to present our Plan of Care within a First Nations context to the Court. Even though the Children were identified to the court and Judge katerynych as Aboriginal; she still ruled that the children's' Aboriginal Status had no legal standing in her court.
When our children are apprehended, the courts do not serve the Chief and Council those legal papers. Notice of apprehensions and associated court actions are still only served to Native Child Workers. Child Protection workers are bound by laws that prevent them from disclosing these legal proceedings to Chief and Council. Because these workers, Native and Non-Native, actually work for, and are mandated, by the Province, they do not represent the legal interests of Bands.
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled many years ago that a Reserve is not considered legally served unless the Chief and Council themselves are served papers regarding legal actions against them.
It is woven into Provincial Law, such as in Ontario that “Under Ontario law, native children taken from their families must be placed in their band or in native families, unless a "substantial reason" exists for not doing so. Ontario's Child and Family Services Act give native bands the same right that natural parents have to contest an adoption." Currently only Native Child Protection workers are served such legal papers. They do not, as provincially mandated child protection workers, have the same rights of the biological parents that the Bands are given.
Canada's Child Protection Agencies are in conflict with current federal amendments regarding what constitutes proper legal informed notice to our Bands. This in fact makes all apprehensions themselves legally void of standing and open to redress.Name:__________________________
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Phone:_________________________
Children; Caleb Francois 5 year old male, Jesse Francois 4 year old male, Jania Francois 2 year old female; illegally apprehended by the Children's Aid Society in February 2002, their Aboriginal Rights Violated and Circumvented; Aided in doing so by Native Child and Family Services of Toronto, Hilda Tennisco of The Algonquins of Pikwakanagan Indian Band, the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto, and Judge Katerynych Family Court, Toronto Ontario.
The reason Judge Katerynych made that ruling was based on a deception later proven to be true, documented and still available. An officer of the court lied to the Judge concerning the status of the children and their "Legal Status" as aboriginal children. Had the Judge known that the children were/are legal Status at that time, because of law, she would have been compelled by the laws of Ontario and the Indian Act to do a mandatory review of the Plan of Care within its First Nations context. A plan that was made and ready to be presented even before the above mentioned ruling took place. This plan is still within our history, orally and written, from two Chiefs, both of whom are still the Chiefs of their respective communities; Chief Kirby Whiteduck and Chief Zane Bell.
The lie begins with a letter from Hilda Tennisco, Supervisor Pikwàkanagàn Child & Family Services, written by her to C.A.S.T. (Children’s Aid Society of Toronto) stating that the children were not members and were not eligible for status. That was, and still is, outside and exceeding her authority, either in her position and/or as a member of the Band. The authority for determination of the children's status fell under, and falls under, Lands, Estates and Membership and Jan Leroux Program Manager, who had at that time and still holds the authority for such determinations.
Jan Leroux was never consulted by Hilda Tennisco in this regard at any point in the process, nor is there any documentation showing that this was the case, then or now. As a matter of fact the children, all three, have their status cards and became registered members of The Algonquins of Pikwakanagan. Issued immediately following the maximum length of time they could be in care before C.A.S.T. could file for full Crown Wardship.
Were it not for a lie told by Hilda Tennisco to C.A.S.T. (in writing), and then not disclosed to myself or my legal counsel, we could have petitioned the Judge to give my Reserve and extended family who are registered members of our Reserve legal standing. (I have 10 aunts and Uncles and all together 70 first and second cousins). Chief Zane Bell and his wife, along with my own Reserve were ready to present our Plan of Care within a First Nations context to the Court. Even though the Children were identified to the court and Judge katerynych as Aboriginal; she still ruled that the children's' Aboriginal Status had no legal standing in her court.
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled many years ago that a Reserve is not considered legally served unless the Chief and Council themselves are served papers regarding legal actions against them.
It is woven into Provincial Law, such as in Ontario that “Under Ontario law, native children taken from their families must be placed in their band or in native families, unless a "substantial reason" exists for not doing so. Ontario's Child and Family Services Act give native bands the same right that natural parents have to contest an adoption." Currently only Native Child Protection workers are served such legal papers. They do not, as provincially mandated child protection workers, have the same rights of the biological parents that the Bands are given.
Canada's Child Protection Agencies are in conflict with current federal amendments regarding what constitutes proper legal informed notice to our Bands. This in fact makes all apprehensions themselves legally void of standing and open to redress.
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