After incidents where ex-partners killed their children, laws and attitudes within Canada’s courtsystem are beginning to change about dangerous parents

joannacheek
May 8, 2025
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Updated: Nov 25, 2025

Jennifer Kagan’s daughter Keira was just one victim, she says, of a system that wouldn’t protect children like her.

First Published on Feb 4, 2023 in the Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/after-incidents-where-ex-partners-killed-their-children-laws-and-attitudes-within-canada-s-court/article_c11337ca-5330-5bdc-a573-90f68de2af6f.html

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