By Hodine Williams ( March 3, 2025, 2:40 PM EST) -- Child welfare cases in Canada are among the most emotionally charged and legally complex areas of law, as they involve the state’s authority to intervene in family life to protect children from harm. Children’s Aid Societies (CAS) are empowered to remove children from their parents when there is evidence of abuse or neglect, but the current legal standard used in these cases — the civil standard of proof, or the “balance of probabilities”— has come under scrutiny....