Moving Metis toddler to Ontario would cause psychological harm: B.C. foster mom
VANCOUVER — A British Columbia foster mother fighting to adopt a two-year-old Metis girl says she fears the toddler will suffer lasting psychological harm if moved to Ontario to live with her older sisters.
The foster mother, who cannot be named, said she has always known of the B.C. Children’s Ministry’s plan to move the girl across the country to live with her siblings, who she has never met.
But she said the ministry “mishandled” the case and took too long to make the arrangements. In the meantime, the girl has bonded with the only family she has ever known, she said.
“A bond with a child that you’ve spent night and day with since she was born is very strong. It’s an emotional bond that goes beyond words,” she said in an interview.