shockedcanadian
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This is how poor Canadians are, especially in Ontario. So much homelessness, even for those with jobs. A mother couldn't afford to keep a roof over her head it appears so she left her baby at someones doorstep. So sad really as the S.I.C expand and destroy lives and our economy.
As officials look for the mother of a newborn found on London, Ont., porch, the woman on whose stoop the baby boy was found is telling her story.
"I have empathy for the mom, for sure," said Bria Vanier, who lives on Sterling Street near Oxford Street in the city's east end. She says the newborn was wrapped in a flannel blanket.
"I think this was someone who was in a lot of pain to give up their child. It was someone who was desperate."
A passerby heard the newborn's cries early Wednesday afternoon and called 911, police said.
Two officers knocked on Vanier's door, asking if the baby belonged to anyone in her home.
"I opened the door and there's two cops standing there and a baby on the doormat, wrapped up in a blanket. It was a little surprising," she said.
"They didn't know how to pick up a baby, so I brought him inside to get him warm. He was the cutest thing. He was just looking around, very alert. He must have been a little confused, but he was a sweet little thing."
Vanier says a note left with the infant included a plea.
"The note said essentially, 'Give my baby a good home, I'm not able to care for him.' It said he was a home birth that he didn't like bright lights, and she wanted someone to care for him," she said.
The baby was a day old according the note, Vanier says. She picked him up, brought him inside and cuddled him, keeping him warm until paramedics arrived.
As officials look for the mother of a newborn found on London, Ont., porch, the woman on whose stoop the baby boy was found is telling her story.
"I have empathy for the mom, for sure," said Bria Vanier, who lives on Sterling Street near Oxford Street in the city's east end. She says the newborn was wrapped in a flannel blanket.
"I think this was someone who was in a lot of pain to give up their child. It was someone who was desperate."
A passerby heard the newborn's cries early Wednesday afternoon and called 911, police said.
Two officers knocked on Vanier's door, asking if the baby belonged to anyone in her home.
"I opened the door and there's two cops standing there and a baby on the doormat, wrapped up in a blanket. It was a little surprising," she said.
"They didn't know how to pick up a baby, so I brought him inside to get him warm. He was the cutest thing. He was just looking around, very alert. He must have been a little confused, but he was a sweet little thing."
Vanier says a note left with the infant included a plea.
"The note said essentially, 'Give my baby a good home, I'm not able to care for him.' It said he was a home birth that he didn't like bright lights, and she wanted someone to care for him," she said.
The baby was a day old according the note, Vanier says. She picked him up, brought him inside and cuddled him, keeping him warm until paramedics arrived.
