Support for Rodney Stafford and Child Find
Posted by: Len Taylor in Legislative SpeechesFrom Hansard
As spoken in the Legislative Assembly
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
The Speaker: — I recognize the member from The Battlefords.
Our Children Are Precious
Mr. Taylor: — Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Our children are precious. We need to do all that we can to keep them safe. I want all members of the Legislative Assembly to know that I was very much moved by the September visit to Saskatchewan of Rodney Stafford of Woodstock, Ontario. Rodney is the father of Victoria Stafford, a sparkling eight-year-old girl who earlier this year went missing and later was found to have been abducted and murdered. Rodney, in this time of tremendous grief, was cycling across Canada to raise awareness of child safety and the plight of missing children.
Every citizen and community leader needs to take to heart the message of Rodney Stafford and Child Find, the organization helping him with his Kilometres for Kids campaign. What Rodney Stafford is telling us is that his tragedy could happen to anyone. As parents, teachers, neighbours, friends, we need to keep our eyes open. We need to talk to our kids. We need to look out for them. We need to rely on each other to keep our kids safe.
As community leaders, we should make the issue of child safety a priority, and we should in all ways support Child Find Saskatchewan as they work to provide preventative education and awareness programs to decrease the number of children who go missing every year in our province. As the organization says, together we can work towards the goal of bringing our missing children home. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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