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 …
CEPC AGM 2013
CEPC AGM Agenda Thursday, Feb 20, 2013 1. Call to order 2. Approval of agenda 3. Selection of acting secretary 4. Approval of minutes of last AGM 5. President’s report (approval y/n) 6. Financial Report (approval y/n) 7. Nomination/Election of Board Members for coming year 8. Nomination/Election of President for coming year 9. Motion: that …
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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Join us for a “Lunch & Learn”
$25 – Lunch, a book and a movie “Support System Down” included With special presentation of a “Kids Need Both Parents” award. At Frankie Tomatto’s Restaurant 7225 Woodbine Ave Markham (Toronto) November 20th 2012 -11:30 am to 2:30pm Buy your ticket now: How many tickets? One Ticket $25.00 CADTwo Tickets $50.00 CADThree Tickets $75.00 CADFour …
Ten Common Arguments Against Equal Parenting and Why They Don’t Make Sense (WTDMS).
1. Equal parenting makes kids less safe. WTDMS: Sole custody, particularly sole maternal custody, increases the risk to kids of physical abuse and neglect. Mom’s new boyfriend is statistically a greater sexual abuse threat than dad and sex predators often target kids without dads as victims. Equal parenting reduces conflict in the divorce process and …
Barbara Kay Video Condemns Family Courts
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 …
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Happy equal parenting Mother’s Day
May 13th is a day to honour mothers. Equal parenting advocates respect all mothers for the important parenting that they do. Parenting is the most important accomplishment that women, or men, can do. It is more than a job, it’s a commitment, a sacrifice, a rewarding investment and much more. The contributions of mothers are …
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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.