Social workers provided the young women with little or no information about their choices once their babies arrived. Despite the creation of CAP in 1966 to provide cost-sharing to provinces for social assistance programs meant to support needy mothers, social workers did not inform young women of such programs, according to mothers who testified. Instead, they described being coerced into accepting what was described as “best for the child” options, meaning relinquishing parental rights and surrendering their babies for adoption. Social workers provided legal forms to these women to sign, often with no legal representation.