#OpDeathEaters - Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children

Greetings citizens of the world. We are Anonymous.

The launch of the Nova Scotia Home For Colored Children was heralded as "the greatest event in the history of colored people" in the province. A well intentioned safe haven for impoverished and neglected African-Nova Scotian children whom for one reason or another became wards of the government. Little did they know, nearly a century later, the horrors to occur within its walls would become known as the "greatest tragedy" of Nova Scotian history.

For 70 years, black children were bartered by the home, the province and its agencies which were charged with facilitating and overseeing their protection. Dating back nearly to the beginning of the home's vicious history, are reports of rape, sodomy, starvation, beatings and other sadistic forms of torture perpetrated upon the province's most vulnerable children.

Multiple incidents of psychological, sexual, physical and mental abuse have been reported, witnessed and documented throughout the the years yet the Department of Justice failed to uncover sufficient material in order to press criminal charges. That failure opened the door to a 15 year legal faceoff - a class action lawsuit. Until 2014 when the Nova Scotian government and the Home For Colored Children, paid out a combined 34 million dollars in settlement compensation, a series of coverups and under-rug-swept tactics have empowered the systemic flaws allowing the abuse of more than 300 children while under provincial care. Premier Stephen McNeil also made a public apology to the now adult survivors of the home and launched a long awaited public inquiry.

If the province of Nova Scotia and The Home For Colored Children both offered settlements for this abuse it is obvious that they have identified the incidents in question, but where is the accountability?

With the terms of reference review drawing to a close the provincial government is about to begin a public inquiry. Survivors are optimistic that an opportunity to have their voices heard and their claims investigated will bring with it a well overdue sense of closure. In order for that to happen a thorough, transparent and broad scoped inquiry must occur. The shackles of limitations of the the terms of reference must not hinder full disclosure. While a public inquiry does not have the power to enforce criminal charges it does have the ability to identify drastic oversights and systemic down falls as a means to reform.

We need to know

Why Georgie Williams was permitted to rape, abuse and traffic young girls for more than ten years without anyone stepping in.

How the same man was able to get away with sodomizing mulitiple mentally ill boys in the 'safety' of thier bedrooms.

How he was able to gain employment with East Preston Day Care Center.

Why social workers from the Nova Scotia Childrens Aid Society placed children in the care of the home, yet rarely and often never, visited their charges as per their responsibility.

Why the provincial government continued to finance the institution, even to this day, after reports of such nature were made.

Why the RCMP ignored (and lied about receiving) complaintsabout the abuse at the home.

How will Nova Scotia make sure this never happens again?

These are a few of the questions we hope the inquiry will investigate. Transparency is priority. If the terms of reference committee have failed to ensure that, we trust that Premier Stephen McNeil will enact his ability to broaden it's scope. For this inquiry to be anything less then thorough would be abhorrent. 70 years and the cries of hundreds of shattered children depend on it.

We are Anonymous
We are Operation Death Eaters
We do not forgive
We do not forget
Expect us.