Gender Discrimination in Ontario Family Courts: #1 public policy failure in Canada today It is really too bad that in a progressive society with a Charter of Rights and Freedoms - the envy of the world - that grave injustices frequently occur to parents and children. Believe it or not, gender discrimination currently exists in Canadas family courts. Many people laugh it off rather than deal with the hypocrisy. Others are simply not surprised. Ontario is particularly bad. The rules that govern the judges and the institutions that get funding at the expense of forgotten priorities make it so that parents are treated differently because of their gender, and children suffer. A few weeks ago I wrote how this bias in Ontario could affect Tie Domi and his children in a very negative way. Today, I am saddened by the Toronto Stars article Wednesday suggesting that two children would still be alive if it werent for such a recklessly patriarchal system. Canadas family policy and laws have failed and are brutally out of balance. Family policy is Canadas BIGGEST international embarrassment undermining the sheer credibility of our dearest Charter. Perhaps Dalton could do his part to help reform the laws that negatively affect more than 50% of Ontarios population even though powerful lobbies still demand the status quo. Family law is a joint jurisdiction: justice is administered by the provinces. At a later date I will focus on the federal responsibilities. For now, this blog is long enough because this article that reports this tragedy is all important and why those who long for a just society must speak up.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 03:46:05 +0000
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