Saskatchewan’s ministry of Social Services, Child and Family programs (SSCF) wants to find out who talked to the Western Standard about vaccinating children for COVID-19 without a parent's or caregiver's consent..After the story about two social workers — who'd been vaccinating children for COVID-19 without consent — went public, SSCF went into defensive mode by not responding to requests until the government forced SSCF to issue a statement..The SSCF statement did not answer any questions and said “due to privacy provisions in the Child and Family Services Act, the ministry is unable [to] provide specific details of any case.”.READ MORE EXCLUSIVE: Sask social workers vaccinating foster kids for COVID without permission.Multiple people who communicated with the Western Standard for the original story have the SSCF going to them and asking if they talked to the media..The social workers are going in person to ask, and via email..There are multiple emails shared with the Western Standard, asking if the caregiver spoke to the media..One person described the SSCF as being relentless in finding out if they spoke to the Western Standard, as they have been contacted multiple times..As of Friday, none of the people involved in the original story told SSCF that they were involved in the story..One of the social workers involved called the foster children the “property of the government” and the caregivers “have to” get the COVID-19 vaccination for their child..An anonymous source in the government called the SSCF seeking who spoke out to be “worrisome that a ministry would try to figure it out” as the only reason would be “to punish the people who came forward with the information.”.SSCF has not responded to the question “Why is Social Services asking caregivers if they talked to the Western Standard?”
