[Alberta's Child]

Children have traditionally been thought to be under the exclusive authority of the parents.

Right. But a parent still faces criminal prosecution for leaving a child to die in a hot car. Parents have authority over children and are responsible for making decisions for them, but children are human beings who are supposed to be protected under the law.

The intricacies of that term "protected under the law" have a lot of gray areas -- and a whole bunch of slippery slopes in either direction -- for sure.

[BJ1]

So in this case the state is using what logic to remove parental rights? It can’t be to be “protected under the law” unless you view death as a good thing/best thing for the baby.