Children’s Commissioner for Canada

Today MP Marc Garneau tabled a private member’s bill to establish a Children’s Commissioner for Canada.  The Commissioner would promote and monitor implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Canada.  

The CCRC welcomes this initiative.  We have advocated for the establishment of a National Children’s Commissioner as a focal point for children at the national level.  This was also one of the recommendations in the Senate’s 2007 study of children’s rights in Canada, entitled Children: the Silenced Citizens.

The CCRC hopes that MPs from all parties will support this initiative.  It would be an excellent way to celebrate  the 20th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which occurs in November, 2009.

For a copy of the news release go to http://www.marcgarneau.ca/en/latestnews.aspx?id=823).