Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, British Columbia's new child and youth representative, might not be the only Saskatchewanite joining our child protection system. Marilyn Hedlund, who is presently the prairie province's child and family services executive director, is rumoured to have been chosen as the Campbell administration's new child welfare director. That post has been filled on an acting basis by Mark Sieben, who took over from Jeremy Berland. Ms. Hedlund hasn't yet responded to a request for comment, placed through her office. In a July missive to staff, children and family development deputy minister Lesley du Toit wrote that she hoped British Columbia would have a new child welfare director "within the next 3 months."