I was hoping it wouldn't be a native perpetrator, but it was. I refer to the couple arrested for leaving a 20-month-old baby to die behind a church in Edmonton. They have been charged with second-degree murder.
Joseph Crier, 26, the baby's father, has also been charged with assault, assault causing bodily harm, failure to provide the necessaries of life and criminal negligence; his 25-year-old female companion has been charged with the same offences.
Here's what's gonna happen.
The rest of society will be blamed. It will be some combination of the generational effects of residential schools, lack of money, Ottawa, foster care, group homes, government-caused poverty on reserves, a health care deficit and racism. Not one native leader will step up to condemn the parents, it'll all be "Ottawa's" fault. Oh, and while they're at it on your screen, they'll be demanding more money. You watch, it'll happen.
Remember the Tina Fontaine case? She was in a group home, left it unauthorized to party in the public thoroughfare and was later found dead in a ditch. The parents, who lived in the same city, went on national TV to blame Canada for her plight. National TV! I would have been hiding in disgrace in the basement were my children taken into care because of neglect.
Not long ago Fontaine's younger sister was also in the news. Fifteen, she had disappeared without a trace, leaving her infant in someone's "care" and the dogs were out in all directions looking for her. You could feel the implications on the airwaves. Canada has let down another native.
She was found three days later perfectly fine. Another partying incident.
I'm sick of it.
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