Warning: Illegal string offset 'category' in /home/arpa/old.arpacanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/arpa-general-deactivate/arpa-easymail.php on line 594

Warning: Illegal string offset 'control' in /home/arpa/old.arpacanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/arpa-general-deactivate/arpa-easymail.php on line 595

Warning: file_get_contents(https://easymail.arpacanada.ca/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found in /home/arpa/old.arpacanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/arpa-general-deactivate/arpa-easymail.php on line 620
Unkown Number Letters sent via the new EasyMail!

Bill C-422: Shared Parenting Tag

24 Aug 2009 Vellacott applauds Justice Minister Rob Nicholson’s affirmation of the best interests of children in cases of family breakdown

Posted at 16:21h in Family 0 Comments
0 Likes
For Immediate Release - August 18, 2009 OTTAWA – MP Maurice Vellacott (Saskatoon-Wanuskewin) applauded Justice Minister Rob Nicholson for his affirmation of the best interests of children at the annual meeting of the Canadian Bar Association, being held this week in Dublin, Ireland. Minister Nicholson was responding to a question about Vellacott’s Private Member’s Bill (C-422), which would amend the Divorce Act to implement equal shared parenting. According to news reports, the Minister said: "I believe, and I think most people who have been involved in family law or studied this, that the best interests of the child are always paramount ... and should be."
Read More

18 Jun 2009 Vellacott introduces Equal Shared Parenting Private Member’s Bill – C-422

Posted at 16:12h in Blog, Family 0 Comments
0 Likes
Note: Click here to listen to a one minute speech by Vellacott in support of this bill. For Immediate Release - June 17, 2009 OTTAWA – Yesterday MP Maurice Vellacott introduced a Private Member’s Bill – C-422 – that would amend the Divorce Act to instruct judges to apply the principle of equal shared parenting unless it is established that the best interests of the child would be substantially enhanced by allocating parental responsibility other than equally.
Read More