If your Member of Parliament voted “YEA” (for) C-560, Equal Parenting Bill, please phone, write or email him or her and thank them for the support for this issue. Consider a donation to their re-election campaign, volunteer for their association in the riding and vote for them in the next election. If your MP voted …
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Rebuttal of CBA myths with facts
MYTH AND FACT, full PDF link The rebuttal is supported by Canadian Equal Parenting, Leading Women for Shared Parenting and Lawyers for Shared Parenting. See also the refuting of other claims in the posts below.
Equal parenting bill in Parliament
Canadian Parents’ Organization supports Bill to reform Divorce Act Canadian Equal Parenting Council (CEPC) applauds M.P. Maurice Vellacott who on Dec 6th 2013 introduced into the House of Commons Bill C-560 – a bill that would mandate a rebuttable presumption in favour of equal shared parenting. The Bill substantially strengthens direction to the courts under …
Response to the CBA Access to Justice Summit and papers
In April 2013, the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) held a conference in Saskatoon to discuss “Access to Justice” and subsequently issued four reports: a summary, a metrics paper, a “community voice” paper, and a longer report. I asked for and received these reports by email, as they were supposed to be on the website of …
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Equal Parenting – the book
The Equal Parent Presumption Social Justice in the Legal Determination of Parenting after Divorce By Edward Kruk Sociology Political & International Studies: Public Policy Law A child-focused approach to the “best interests of the child.” In custody battles over the children of separated parents, the prevailing standard of evaluating what is in the “best interests …
Canada’s anti-father policies and the suicide of the founder of a men’s shelter
A friend of mine committed suicide just last Friday. I believe his story shows a serious failing of federal government social and health policy. I first met Earl Silverman in 1995 in Edmonton at a men’s issues conference. He lived in Calgary and had been a victim of physical abuse by his wife. Earl had …
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Parental Alienation and Equal Parenting April 25th
April 25th is Parental Alienation Awareness Day. What is PA –Parental Alienation and what is the connection with equal parenting? Let’s look at a PA case (names have been changed to protect confidentiality.) When his wife left Ron, he expected to share custody of his two sons, and after all, he had been a “hands-on …
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Parent Rights are Human Rights
On Facebook, I saw a poster from the Love And Iron Project, that said “Parental rights are HUMAN rights.” It’s wonderful to see this. The Canadian Equal Parenting Council support this concept and the sentiment. CEPC has been promoting the idea of a balance of rights and responsibilities for parents since 2004. Our position is …
Canadian Equal Parenting Council adds RSS feed
The Canadian Equal Parenting Council is working with a developer to add RSS feeds to our website, so that supporters and advocates for parents can get news, action items and issues updates a variety of ways. We at CEPC are working on a blackberry 10 app to show these posts, and a smartphone website version …
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President meets with PMO staff
The president of the Canadian Equal Parenting Council met with staff of the Prime Minister’s Office in April 2012. They discussed consultation with Justice Canada, amongst other concerns.
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