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Brief 161
Brief as submitted to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy, and Ethics on February 23, 2021:
Protection of Privacy and Reputation on Platforms such as Pornhub
Brief 160
Brief as submitted to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights on December 4, 2020:
Draconian Imposition of Extremist Views, RE: Bill C-6 An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (Conversion Therapy)
Brief 159
Brief submitted to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights on November 11, 2020:
RE: C-7 An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (Medical Assistance in Dying)
Brief 158
Brief as submitted to the Law Society of Ontario on November 9, 2020:
Family Legal Services Provider Call for Comment
Brief 157
Brief as submitted to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights Studying Bill C-5 on July 28, 2020:
Re: Bill C-5, An Act to Amend the Judges Act and the Criminal Code
Brief 156
Speech delivered at the World Congress of Families (WCF XIII) in Chisninau, Moldova on September 13, 2018:
The Importance of Motherhood
Brief 155
Brief as submitted to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance on April 16, 2018:
The Family: An Economic Unit
Brief 154
Brief as submitted to the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade on April 19, 2018:
Issues Relating to Canada’s International Treaties the Touch on Drugs
Brief 153
Report as submitted for the Senator Anne Cools Symposium on Shared Parenting Plans on May 10, 2018:
Shared Parenting Plans Impeded by False Allegations
Brief 152
Brief as submitted to The Standing COMMITTEE ON HEALTH on August 18, 2017 regarding:
Bill C-45, An Act Respecting Cannabis and to Amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Criminal Code and other Acts
Brief 151
Speech delivered at the World Congress of Families (WCF XI) in Budapest, Hungary May 26th 2017
The Importance and Sanctity of Motherhood
Brief 150
Brief as submitted to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs – April 6 2017
Bill C-37, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make related amendments to other Acts
Bill C-37 provides that the application for an exemption for drug injection sites must be for a medical purpose and for an intended public health benefit and to control crime. REAL Women of Canada submits that drug injection sites do not provide a public health benefit or public safety.
Brief 149
Brief as submitted to the Standing Committee on Justice, province of Ontario to consider:
Re: Bill 89 – An Act to enact the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2016, to amend and repeal the Child and Family Services Act and to make related amendments to other Acts.
The short title of this Act is the Supporting Children, Youth and Families Act, 2016.
Brief 148
Brief as submitted to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, province of Ontario to consider
Re: Bill 84 – An Act to Amend Various Acts With Respect to Medical Assistance in Dying.
Various Acts are amended in response to the Federal Criminal Code legislation dealing with medical assistance in dying.
Brief 147
Brief on Bill C-16 as submitted to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights November 2016
AN ACT TO AMEND the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code
This enactment amends the Canadian Human Rights Act to add gender identity and gender expression to the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination.
The enactment also amends the Criminal Code to extend the protection against hate propaganda set out in that Act to any section of the public that is distinguished by gender identity or expression and to clearly set out that evidence that an offence was motivated by bias, prejudice or hate based on gender identity or expression constitutes an aggravating circumstance that a court must take into consideration when it imposes a sentence.
Brief 146
Brief as submitted to the Standing Committee on Social Policy, province of Ontario to consider
Bill 28, An Act to amend the Children’s Law Reform Act, the Vital Statistics Act and various other Acts respecting parentage and related registrations.
Brief 145
Brief as submitted to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights May 2 2016
Proposed recommendations for Bill C-14 to:
An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying)
Brief 144
Brief as submitted to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights April 14, 2016
Access to the Justice System Court Challenges Program
Brief 143
Brief as submitted to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, Pre-budget Consultations, February 18, 2016
The Natural Family, the Most Economical Health and Welfare System
Brief 142
Brief as submitted to the Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying February 12, 2016
Brief 141
Brief on Bill C-2 An Act to Amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act Presented to Public Safety and National Security Committee, October 27 2014
Brief 140
Brief on Bill C-279 An Act to Amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code in regard to Gender Identity, Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, October 9, 2014. Same as #137
Brief 139
Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons (Prostitution), September 2014.
Brief 138
House of Commoons Committee, pre-budget Consultation 2013.
Brief 137
Brief on Bill C-279 – An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression)
Presented to the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights June 10, 2013.
Brief 136
Brief on Bill C-377- An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (Requirements for Labour Organizations)
Presented to Senate Banking Trade and Commerce Committee May 2013.
Brief 135(b)
International Parliamentary Forum Paper, WCF VI 2012, Family Social and Government May 25-27, 2012
Brief 135(a)
World Congress of Families VI Madrid, Spain, May 25-27th 2012, Speech for Panel: Family, Social and Government Policies
Brief 134
Brief on Bill 13 – An Act to amend the Education Act with respect to bullying and other matters submitted to the Standing Committee on Social Policy, May 2012.