Lawyer and Teacher Associations Oppose Legislation to Ban Spanking

Published on June 29, 2024

Lawyers and schoolteachers are asking Parliament to reject private member’s bills that try to ban the spanking of children. Both the Canadian Teachers Federation (CTF) and the Quebec Defence lawyers Association (AQAAD) have written to the Senate’s legal and constitutional affairs committee to say a proposed bill to repeal the corporal punishment provision of the Criminal Code of Canada would cause major problems for teachers and parents. Senate Bill S-251, sponsored by Senator Stan Kutcher, would repeal Section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada, which allows parents, teachers, and guardians to correct a child “if the force does not exceed what is reasonable under the circumstances.”...

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