There is a standard response from government officials connected to AARC, specifically, Stevens, Meade and Forsyth. These people simply advise that one contacts the Child Abuse Emergency Hotline. Government officials not connected to AARC have so far proven to be dismayed, most having no knowledge of the program whatsoever. Health Minister Leipert has currently refused to respond to any inquiries. The last account of a former prisoner complaining about AARC brought a response from Calgary Police Services that is vastly different than the CPS response in the past. CPS is now famliar with AARC, and they know something is up. In the past they did not take complaints seriously, but that is no longer the case.
I fail to see why the previous poster keeps claiming that the payment of AARC's $150 a day fees is a consumer decision. AARC generates most of it's money from charitable donations. These donors have no idea that they are giving money to a cult run by a phys ed teacher posing as a psychologist. In addition to the charity money, AARC also receives money from the Provincial Government, this money is also obtained through a series of deceptions and political manipulations. A small fraction of the AARC clientele pay $150 of their own money per day. Most of the money is generated by manipulating a few individuals.
As to treatment in the states, AARC costs much more than the identical Straight rip-off clones in the States. PFC is the same Straight program, right down to the Peer Counselors and Host homes, but even PFC, which is on life-support as we speak, charges half what AARC does.
Again, I put it to anyone reading to make the determination for themselves: Does an institution claiming to treat a brain disease require regulatory oversight in the form of a licensing criteria?
Does such an institution require licensed professional medical staff to perform said treatment?
Is it fraud if this treatment consists of prayer, and confessions and the entire process is overseen by a phys ed teacher and a bunch of his followers?
As free individuals, any of us can determine whether or not we feel that this is fraud.