B.C.'s child welfare watchdog files court action against government
By Lindsay Kines and Rob Shaw, Times Colonist
May 4, 2010

Victoria, B.C. - B.C.'s child welfare watchdog is taking her battle with the B.C. Government to court.

Representative for Children and Youth Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond has filed a petition in B.C. Supreme Court seeking access to cabinet documents so she can complete one of her audits.

The court action comes just days after Turpel-Lafond said she was "blindsided" by government legislation that would limit her access to cabinet documents, and effectively "dismantle" a key power of her independent office….

Turpel-Lafond says she has exhausted all reasonable alternatives to getting the information and that court action is the "only avenue I have left."

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