Minister Abbott's Statement: "Fair and Reasonable" Bill 22

Education Minister Abbott

STATEMENT

For Immediate Release

2012EDUC0016-000213

Feb. 29, 2012

Ministry of Education 

Abbott on "fair and reasonable" Bill 22 

VICTORIA - Minister of Education George Abbott today issued the following statement: 

"Yesterday I introduced Bill 22 - the Education Improvement Act, legislation designed to suspend the current job action by teachers, set a 'cooling off' period, appoint a mediator to facilitate bargaining, and implement a new $165-million Learning Improvement Fund. 

"Most people are characterizing the bill as a 'measured, thoughtful, balanced and constructive' 

approach to a dispute that has been going on for almost a year with little chance of a resolution. 

"If you look at the history of the relationship between the teachers' union and the government in 

this province, you'll soon realize that in almost 20 years of province-wide bargaining the BCTF has 

only successfully concluded one negotiated agreement. You will also realize that Bill 22 is a 

measured and appropriate response to the current situation. 

"I am disappointed by the initial comments coming from the teachers' union. In the most frustrating example - the union has been asking for mediation. Now, they are rejecting the idea simply because the mediator is required to strike a genuine balance in the discussions by looking at what both 

parties want so we can put the needs of students first. 

"It is simply inaccurate for the BCTF to claim that Bill 22 eliminates job security rights, professional autonomy rights and rights to due process. In fact, the bill makes no changes to any of these 

matters. What it does do is simply get the parties back to the table with a mediator to deal with the issues at hand in a constructive and thoughtful way. 

"I am always concerned that the statements by the teachers' union will get in the way of teachers 

receiving accurate and factual information about the legislation. It is one of the reasons why I 

hosted a Twitter chat to talk to teachers about the new bill. I enjoyed the opportunity to 

communicate directly with many teachers via Twitter. 

"I hope the teachers' union will drop the rhetoric and help us move forward. I'm hoping that cooler 

heads will prevail and that people will engage in the very meaningful mediation process that has 

been set out in this bill. 

"I also hope that, for the first time in a long time, we'll be able to get the kind of engagement that 

produces an agreement among the adults in the room so that kids in the classroom benefit." 

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D'un ocean à l'autre

Pourquoi ne pas en parler et diffuser une belle nouvelle pour les enfants?‏

Le Message De La Présidente Pour Tout Le Monde

Chers membres,

Je trouve juste, simple et merveilleux ce geste des Bulles d’Amour; je vous transmets toutes les informations pour rejoindre Kevin Pederson qui a osé, malgré ses difficultés avec le français, me téléphoner de Vancouver vendredi. Tenons-nous la main, d’un bout à l’autre du Canada et prouvons que nous Aimons nos enfants, distribuer partout son information.

Voici son adresse courriel : Kevin Pedersen [kevinpedersen1@hotmail.com]

Voici la lettre qu’il nous a rédigée :

Cher ANCQ,

Voici ma message sur Les Bulles de L'Amour:

http://kevinpedersen1.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/senator-anne-c-cools/

Voici le message originale d'Association de le conscience de l'aliénations parentale (PAAO):

http://www.bubblesofloveday.com/home.asp?lang=french

Mon ami, Jean-Paul Gros, est sur Facebook en France. Il a dit, "celui de l'ANCQ m'a été fourni par Lise Bilodeau, c'est elle qui a fait une synthèse de cette journée à laquelle elle a personnellement assisté, quand a l'autre rapport je l'avais effectivement trouvé sur internet au cours d'une recherche."

Le secrétaire de sénateur Cools m'a demandé une copie de ce document. J'espère que je n'ai pas trouver quelqu'un en difficulté. Nous allons changer le monde.

J'espère que vous a un bon week-end.

Bubbles of LOVE Day ::

www.bubblesofloveday.com

Last year we blew small and large soap bubbles on four continents - USA, Australia, Canada, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Brazil, South Africa and more to show that love carries us higher and it cannot be broken, as it can happen because of Parental Alienation.

Nous vous remercions de visiter notre site internet 'Les Bulles de L'Amour'.

Nous voulons que le monde participe le 25 Avril 2010 faire des bulles de savon pendant au moins 10 minutes. L'Amour nous porte à rejoindre une dimension ultime. Comme une bulle, L'Amour ne se prie pas. Vous vous souviendrez que vos parents, grands-parents, frères, sœurs et votre parents proches se souviennent également que L'Amour est une bonne raison de vivre. Le monde est une meilleure place si nous croyons en L'Amour! Si nous croyons tous, le monde aura une meilleure place.

Mettez de L'Amour dans votre quotidien et vous verrez que le monde sera plus heureux dans votre entourage.

Dans ce monde de haine, de peur et de colère montrons que L'Amour existe encore et qu'elle peut survoler tout les obstacles.

Aidez nous communiquer dans votre entourage en reproduisant les affiches ci-jointes et les afficher aux murs des épiceries, sur les sites internet de Facebook, Twitter et autres. Impliquons nos enfants. Allons-y et montrons au monde L'Amour le 25 Avril, à midi.

Lise Bilodeau, présidente fondatrice, pdg
L'Action des Nouvelles Conjointes et Nouveaux Conjoints du Québec (ANCQ)
10,009 rue Meredith, Québec (Québec), G2B 2K2
Téléphone région de Québec : 847-3176
Ailleurs au Québec, ligne sans frais : 1-877-847-3176
Télécopieur: (418) 847-5381 Site Web : http://www.ancq.qc.ca

Adresse courriel: ancq1999@videotron.ca

From Sea To Shining Sea

Lise Bilodeau's Call To All Canadians To Help Children

M. Jacques Gourde, M. Daniel Picard, M. Stephen Harper, Mme Lise Bilodeau et M. Alain Roy

July 30, 2008

The above photo recorded Lise Bilodeau, her husband, Pierre Grimbert, Alain Roy and his wife attending the barbecue of the Conservative Party of Canada, at the Arena St-Agapit. They heard the speeches of MM. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, and Jacques Gourde, Member of Parliament for Lotbinière.

Here is Mme Bilodeau's letter to her members and all Canadians:

Dear Member,
 I find it fair, simple and wonderful gesture of love bubbles, I send you all the information for join Kevin Pederson who dared, despite his difficulties with the French, call me in Vancouver Friday. Let us join hands from coast to coast in Canada and prove that we love our children, distributing all its information.
 Here is his email address: Kevin Pedersen [kevinpedersen1@hotmail.com]Here is the letter he has written:

 Dear ANCQ,
 Here is my message on Bubbles of Love:
 http://kevinpedersen1.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/senator-anne-c-cools/
 Here is the original message of the Association of awareness of parental alienation (PAAO):
 http://www.bubblesofloveday.com/home.asp?lang=french
 My friend, John Paul Gros in France is on Facebook. He said, "that of ANCQ was provided to me by Lise Bilodeau, it was she who gave a summary of the day on which he personally witnessed, when compared to the other I had actually found Internet during a search. "
 The secretary of Senator Cools asked me a copy of this document. I hope I did not get anyone in trouble. We will change the world.

 I hope you had a good weekend.

Bubbles of LOVE Day ::www.bubblesofloveday.com
 Last year we blew soap bubbles large and small oven on continents - America, Australia, Canada, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Brazil, South Africa and more to show us That Love caries Higher and it Can not Be Broken, It Can Happen've Because Of Parental Alienation.Thank you for visiting our website 'Bubbles of Love'.
We want the world to participate April 25, 2010 bubble soap for at least 10 minutes.Love leads us to reach an ultimate dimension. Like a bubble, Love does not pray.You will remember that your parents, grandparents, siblings, and your close relatives also remember that Love is a good reason to live. The world is a better place if we believe in Love! If we all believe, the world will be a better place.
Put Love in your life and you will see that the world will be happier in your life.
In this world of hate, fear and anger show that Love still exists and it can fly over all obstacles.
Help us in your area by reproducing the posters attached to the walls and display of grocery stores, on websites Facebook, Twitter and others. Involve our children. Go ahead and show the world Love April 25, at noon.



 Lise Bilodeau, President and Founder, CEOAction by the Joint New and New Spouses Quebec (ANCQ)10.009 Meredith Street, Quebec (Quebec), G2B 2K2Phone Quebec region: 847-3176Elsewhere in Québec, toll free:             1-877-847-3176      Fax: (418) 847-5381Website: http://www.ancq.qc.caEmail: ancq1999@videotron.ca

Most Revered Doctors And Experts

Just A Dad From Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

Dr. Kathleen Helps Abbotsford

Dr. Reay fights the PA war.

Happy Feb 2 Groundhog Day. In Canada, Wiarton Willie, a groundhog that lives in Wiarton, Ontario, came out of his hole and seeing nothing scary left the impression we will have an early spring, with crocuses and cherry blossoms. Punxsutawney Phil, a groundhog that lives in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvannia, USA came out, saw a scary shadow, predicting 6 more weeks of winter.

Dr. Kathleen, who works out of Penticton, knows that parental alienation is a scary thing for children and offered a Twitter Chat at lunch yesterday (Feb 1) to help heal alienated families. Her topic was Therapist Alienation, which is a problem that happens when inexperienced professionals involved in parental alienation side with the aligning parent - a problem similar to the third party involvement in alignments we have seen in Abbotsford. The only other person I have ever seen run a Twitter Chat was the Minister of Education. So not only is Dr. Kathleen an alienation expert, but she's also technology savvy too. I hope this knowledgeable alienation professional from our own province is able to help children.

I started out to write a blog listing as many Leaders in the the War against Alienation as I knew. I was motivated by this 2009 video about the Canadian Synposium on PAS, which lists some experts I don't know. There were two other inspiring points about this conference, first 2,000 lawyers from around North America attended, billed as the most important educational conference ever organized. Second, the now-famous Florida parental alienation trials had just finished up then, and one of the lawyers interviewed about the 2009 conference said those new Florida custody laws would be coming to Canada. It's 2012 now, and I don't see anything like the Florida family laws yet. A couple days ago on Facebook, Jean-Paul from France, cited Scandinavian countries for having family laws that protect children from alienation. Here in Abbotsford, we see school, courts and mental health professionals ignoring parental alienation and by their inaction participating in this epidemic abuse. This situation leaves the Harper government legally exposed because it has promised through the United Nations Convenant of the Child to protect children, not ignore them.

In Alberta, Premier Redford has been winning the war against the Oil Sands by shutting down the us-vs-Ottawa, us-versus-them campaign and switching to a How-Can-We-Work-Together Campaign. For parents, trying to partner with such intransigent groups as teachers and family court judges will be difficult, but perhaps not impossible. The University of the Fraser Valley is trying to start up a Paralegal Course, because employment counsellors predict we will need 130,000 social workers and paralegals in the south Fraser River area over the next decade to deal with the parental alienation epidemic. To a dad, like me, this just means the status quo of legal professionals taking money from parents that our children need to deal with an iatrogenic disease - a government-created disease. At least Dr. Kathleen is taking us into a really important discussion that we need to have about healing our children to protect our future.

Last year 22 nations participated in the 6th Annual International Parental Alienation & Bubbles of Love Day. Only 84 days left till the 7th Annual International Parental Alienation Event.

Broken School Communications

Just A Dad From Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

Aligning Parents Target Schools

The Municipal Elections: No Change

On Jill Egizii's Parental Alienation Radio podcast this month the point was made by dad and lawyer, Brian Ludmer, that the most common trait to all aligning parents is that they want to be the only contact name on the school records. I didn't have to listen to this radio broadcast twice to jump out of my seat at finally hearing some expert say it out loud.

Here in British Columbia, last September it took months to get students registered for school (K-12) because of our broken school database, called BCeSIS, which probably stands for something like British Columbia electronic School Information System. At any rate, teachers say this software is slow and doesn't allow schools to add or update student information, which is the whole purpose of the software. When you add to this software malfunction, the fact that the 80% of divorced parents are actively trying to conceal student information, you end up with a recipe for child abuse. Until now I believed the parental alienation incidence rate was 25%, but Brian points out that Dr. Amy Baker has set the incidence rate at 80%. I also found an article by the American Bar Association that also sets the prevalence rate at 80%. Aligning parents don't believe they are abusing if they simply forget to mention to school staff that they are divorced, they can claim they didn't think it was important, or the other parent can mention it if they want.

In the first article about Jill and Brian's broadcast, entitled Too Much Discussion To Be Unaware, I have already mentioned Brian's list of possible motivators, causing a parent to alienate a child even with all of the information out there about how damaging it is to children. At first only female parents aligned their children against their own family, then the problem grew until half aligning parents were male. Now we are starting to see other adults join in this abuse. I believe that teaching is an honourable profession and teachers are motivated to stand up for children. I hope we are going to see BC teachers actively fighting to save Middle school children from this growing epidemic that hurts kids in so many ways - and in some ways doctors probably don't even know about yet. Our Education Minister, George Abbott, expects schools to receive new database software by 2014. By then, we will have had two years with our new parent communication technologies and hopefully all divorced parents in Abbotsford will be receiving report cards by email and automated daily attendance reports by telephone. Because teachers care about children, they need to protect our schools and our future by protecting the parent-child relationship.

Last year 22 nations participated in the 6th Annual International Parental Alienation & Bubbles of Love Day. Only 86 days left till the 7th Annual International Parental Alienation Event.

A List of Parental Alienation Experts

This is Dr. Richard Gardner and Vancouver dad and lawyer, Carey Linde, working on an old parental alienation case. Dr. Gardner was a respected scientist and history has upheld his legacy.

Dr. Kathleen Reay is a respected parental alienation expert, working out of Penticton, British Columbia. She is a clinician, researcher, child custody evaluator, litigation-related PA/PAS expert, speaker and author of Toxic Divorce: A Workbook for Alienated Parents. Dr. Reay consults with parents, grandparents, step-parents, mental health professionals and legal professionals globally. She is the Founder and Director of the International Institute for Parental Alienation Studies, Vancouver, B.C.

I first heard Brian on Jill Egizii's radio show. 

Here's Mr. Ludmer's credentials: 

Brian Ludmer, B. Comm., LLB.,

Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto, Ont.

PAS Legal Expert & North American PAS Legal Consultant

Jill Egizii is an alienated mom and an author, working out of Leland Grove, Illinois, USA. Judge Michele F. Lowrance has spent 20 years as a domestic-relations lawyer and has been a domestic-relations judge in the Circuit Court of Cook County, and is the author of the Good Karma Divorce.

Dr. Warshak is a psychologist and author of Divorce Poison: How To Protect Your Family From Bad-mouthing and Brainwashing, now in its 24th printing, and co-author of the critically acclaimed DVD for children and parents, Welcome Back, Pluto: Understanding, Preventing, and Overcoming Parental Alienation.

Dr. Joshua Coleman is Co-Chair of the Council on Contemporary Families and is a psychologist with a private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area.




This page is under development, and there are many other names to add, but here is the list of other famous names from the Conference video. Dr. Michael Bone has sent me a few pages that were very helpful. Many of the other doctors quote Amy J.L. Baker's work among other game-changers.

1. Demosthenes Lorandos
2. Pamela Richardson
3. Amy J.L. Baker
4. J. Michael Bone
5. Jane Major
6. Richard Sauber
7. Terence Campbell
8. Douglas Darnell
9. Dr. Glenn Ross Caddy
10. Abraham Worenklein
11. Gene Colman
12. Anne-France Goldwater
13. Pamela Stuart-Mills Hoch
14. Bob Hoch
15. David L. Levy
16. Michael Gough
17. C. Gwendolyn Landolt
18. Susan Cook
19. Dr. Marty McKay
20. Godfrey T.A. Turnbull
21. Bob Finlay