Canadian parents facing the removal of children from their home are in for an uphill battle, and it's important that their interests be protected. In Who Takes This Child?, author Allan Dare Pearce discusses the child protection laws, agencies, and processes in Canada. For more than thirty years, he has counseled and represented parents in their battles with the child protection authorities, preparing pleadings, arguing motions, and conducting trials.

In Who Takes This Child?, he shows what happens in typical child protection cases in Canada. Pearce discusses the overarching agency that's assigned to protect children; how the agency gets involved; the process of apprehension and temporary (or interim) care; plans of care; how parents' capacity is assessed; the issues of mental health, disabilities, and the system; parents with addiction and parents who abuse; the trial; and strategies for specific situations.

Through examples and personal accounts, Pearce communicates the importance of understanding the child protection process so parents can keep custody of their children and avoid the foster care system.

The Detroit Riot ... the Windsor Psych Ward ... When the chips are down in the motor cities, where does crazy go to hang its hat?

Falling in love with a young black girl, Paris, marrying her, and raising two black children with her hardly prepares a white guy, Aiken Day, for life in the civil-rights era. Her passion for activism challenges his pursuit of the good life. When the city of Detroit erupts in flame, bursting into full riot mode, her life is threatened. Whiles struggling with memories of his time in concentration camp Stalag 8B, Aiken Day must patch together a collection of family, high school students, drug addicts, and black preachers to hunt for her while the motor cities are on fire.