What is the meaning of this passage in the Canadian Supreme Court of Justice?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto v. M.C., 2018 ONCJ 619 (CanLII):

[302] This passage was cited with approval in Inglis v. British Columbia (Minister of Public Safety), 2013 BCSC 2309 (S.C.)385, a decision that concerned certain inmates’ challenge to the government’s decision to cancel a program that permitted mothers to have their babies remain with them while they served sentences in provincial jails.

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