Hello everyone - as summer begins, we wanted to take a moment to reach out and say hi. Thank you for your support as members and partners of the CCRC. We are grateful to work alongside you to push for meaningful change.
In case you missed it, the Concluding Observations from the UN CRC were released earlier this month. You can check them out here. Our press release issued that day is here. We will continue to work on calling for changes to ensure that all Canadian children can realize their rights.
Just a note - we will still be working, but newsletters and social media may be slower than usual. Feel free to be in touch: [email protected] with any ideas or topics you want to discuss.
All the best,
Kate Butler
CCRC Chair
Letter to Joint Parliamentary Committee on MAID
See below for a letter from the CCRC sent this week to members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on MAID.
Canada is in the unusual situation of having two private member's bills tabled that call for repeal of section 43 of the Criminal Code - the law that allows physical punishment of children.
