Family members of adults with autism in the care of a Greater Toronto Area charity are calling on the province to intervene after their loved ones were relocated without consent due to a labour dispute.
Since 2012, Christine Burnett’s nephew, Jay Gualitieri, 35, has been a resident at a Central West Specialized Developmental Services (CWSDS) group home in Oakville.
But at the end of September, he and other CWSDS re sidents were moved from their group homes in Mississauga, Milton, Georgetown, and Burlington to the charity's headquarters at 53 Bond St. in Oakville, according to the support workers' union involved in the dispute.
Loved ones say they weren’t given a choice in the matter.
“Where was the conse
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