May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry

B.A. CYR - CR-EX. (GINDIN) MAY 31, 2013
D.L. ROUSSIN - CR-EX. (GINDIN)
S.E. TAYLOR - CR-EX. (GINDIN)
D.M. KNOL - CR-EX. (GINDIN)
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isolation is not good for anybody.
And so, you know, if
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they're, if the family connections are -- or family and
friend connections are not good, can we work at making them
better, you know, and then having many, many of them
because we -- you can't just have a single source of
support, right. Like, so within the extended family system
who are -- who else is within that system that can -- or
within that family that can be around for this piece or
that piece. You know, by all of us working together we can
get the, the support then.
MR. GINDIN: Was there --
MS. TAYLOR: I just wanted to add that I wouldn't
want to paint all social workers with the same, same brush.
It comes with people that have a particular way of thinking
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about working with people.
So I'm not about to paint all
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social workers should not be in somebody's life.
I just
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want to emphasize that it comes down to where are they
coming from, are they there acting in the best interests of
the individual, are they seeing that person's strength. So
I'm not about to sit there and say, yeah, all social
workers, let's get rid of them, they're, they're no good
and we're the greatest, because I have lots of people that
I work with that come from various professions, and I
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wouldn't want to paint us all the same.
It comes down to
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individual people and how are they acting in the best
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