RESPONSE: B.C. social workers call for child care continuity
CBC News

EXCERPT

B.C. social workers say they hope the appointment of a new minister of Children and Family Development - the tenth in a decade - won't mean more upheaval for the provincial child protection system....

Stan Hagen, who took over the troubled Ministry of Children and Family Development in 2004, was replaced in a cabinet shuffle on Tuesday.

Paul Jenkinson of the B.C. Association of Social Workers said what the ministry needs is continuity, not chaos, calling the ministry a political burying ground....

Jenkinson said Hagen was forced to take over a ministry two years ago that had been through deep budget cuts, staff changes and subsequent upheaval....