The Catholic Register Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:45:39 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Making spanking illegal does more harm than good, says Cardus /item/24184-making-spanking-illegal-does-more-harm-than-good-says-cardus /item/24184-making-spanking-illegal-does-more-harm-than-good-says-cardus

OTTAWA – As an anti-spanking bill winds through Canada's Senate, a Christian think tank is sounding an alarm that it will do “more harm than good” and still fail to prevent child abuse.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Thu, 26 Jan 2017 15:00:00 -0500
Questions raised about Liberal promise to ban spanking /item/21603-questions-raised-about-liberal-promise-to-ban-spanking /item/21603-questions-raised-about-liberal-promise-to-ban-spanking

OTTAWA - The Criminal Code, the Supreme Court and even the Pope uphold that a parent is entitled within reasonable limits to spank a child. But on the heels of a call by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to prohibit spanking, the Liberal government has promised to amend the Criminal Code to abolish a parentƵapp right to physically discipline children.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Fri, 15 Jan 2016 12:05:31 -0500