May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry

B.D. MCKENZIE - CR-EX. (MCKINNON) MAY 31, 2013
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And, and we heard evidence again from Alan
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Brownlee and Karen McDonald that in, in -- if that kind of
situation were to occur today, a safety assessment would be
done and a probability of future harm assessment would be
done, and if there were risk factors present services would
be provided even if there were no immediate safety
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concerns.
Is that your understanding of one of the things
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that's new about differential response?
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Yes.
And Mr. Olson was asking you about the concept
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of, of over-inclusion, and you spoke I think quite
eloquently about that and I don't disagree with anything
you said, but you, according to my notes, you said you need
to look, you need to ensure that you're essentially
identifying the right people to go into the correct stream
for service.
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Right.
And would you agree with me that what's important
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to do that is, is good assessment tools?
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Right.
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Q And you're family -- I shouldn't say you are --
are you familiar with the new assessment tools that are
being used in, in the general authority and in Winnipeg
CFS, the safety assessment and the probability of future
harm assessment?
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