Canadian Equal Parenting Council
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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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Accountability, Judicial discretion and equal parenting, a response to the Thomas Cromwell Supreme Court report on Family Law By Glenn Cheriton Those parents who go through Canada`s family court system are generally very dissatisfied. A common complaint is that the system is “corrupt”, by which parents mean they feel it is arbitrary, unfair and that …
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 …
The Canadian Equal Parenting Council wishes all parents best wishes on Universal Children’s day. If you are not able to see your children because of government actions (or by actions of State proxies such as judges, social agencies or other state funded vested interests) we understand your pain and the disadvantage that your children are …
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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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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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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Here’s a 45-minute video of equal parenting supporter and journalist Barbara Kay giving a speech to the Canadian Association for Equality in Toronto. It’s worth watching for the reasons that Kay’s columns are worth reading. She knows her facts and has the largeness of spirit necessary to see past the anti-father bias that’s so common …
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.
Support Bill C-422 On June 16, MP Maurice Vellacott (Saskatoon-Wanuskewin) spoke on the introduction of Private Member’s Bill C-422 for a presumption of equal parenting. This bill, if passed, will direct courts in regard to divorce, to make equal shared parenting the presumptive arrangement in the best interests of the child, except in proven cases …
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