Posted on 12/06/2004 11:25:22 PM PST by JohnHuang2
A Liberal Party senator in Canada has introduced a bill to outlaw spanking.
The bill, offered by Sen. Celine Hervieux-Payette, would remove the defense contained in the nation's criminal code for parents and educators who use corporal punishment, the Montreal Gazette reported. Without the defense, parents and teachers would be subject to assault charges for spanking children.
"It's not a means of education, it is a means of coercion that in certain cases causes irreparable damage that we can't tolerate in an evolved society that cares about the welfare of children," Hervieux-Payette told the paper.
Though other lawmakers have offered similar bills in the past, Hervieux-Payette is convinced she will succeed this time – largely because Prime Minister Paul Martin's government is in a minority.
"In a period of minority government you are less at the mercy of the government and more capable of going to all the political parties to get support because there is more power in the hands of parliamentarians in a minority government," she explained to the Gazette.
Hervieux-Payette claims prosecutors won't bother parents who administer an occasional slap, but instead will go after more severe cases.
In January, Canada's Supreme Court voted 6-3 to uphold the rights of parents to use "reasonable" force to spank their children and outlined guidelines for its use. At the time, two dissenting justices said the current law was vague and should be re-written by Parliament.
Commented Liberal MP Francoise Boivin, who supports the bill: "Society has changed a lot through the years."
Hervieux-Payette claims prosecutors won't bother parents who administer an occasional slap, but instead will go after more severe cases.
Liberals just slay me.........
Rip apart babies in their mama's womb; that's not only perfectly ok........it's preferrable.
But smack the butt of an errant kid to put 'em in line..........oh God, you're going to JAIL!!!
Any wonder these assholes keep losing elections here in the States??
Bookmarked as a hurl-inducing example of liberal BS.
Spare the rod - spoil the child
When my children were growin up, I always met with the teachers and gave them paddles with my children's engraved on the paddles. There was NEVER an issue with my kids being out of line in school. My daughter graduated Magna Cum Laude from Lehigh's School of Business.
Bingo.
They just want to build more jails long term. Prison populations benefit government.
Corporal punishment is doubleplus ungood in today's world.
Canada's Liberals, not content with mandating bicycle helmets, now want outlaw parental discipline. The Nanny State just keeps on grasping its reach.
"Society has changed a lot through the years."
And certainly NOT for the better.A good spanking is in order for any child that warrants it.There's a difference between beating a child and a spanking,and those who cannot tell the difference should be prosecuted.Kids thrive on attention from their parents,and they need to be shown that there are limits to their bad behavior.Too many buddies and not enough parents nowadays.
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