Court gives B.C. government 1 year to bring law into constitutional compliance The B.C. Court of Appeal has struck down a section of the province’s child protection legislation that allowed social workers to access a parent’s medical records without their consent, a search warrant or a court order. A three-judge panel said a section of B.C.’s Child, Family and Community Service Act is unconstitutional, finding the legislation lacked safeguards to protect parents’ deeply personal medical information. The ruling, posted Monday, says the act allowed child welfare workers with the Ministry of Children andRead more