News Archive

Letter to Globe and Mail in response to article on Shaken Baby Syndrome

Posted on: 2009-10-15 23:02

Note - Our response was submitted on December 12, 2007
The tragic outcomes of Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) are often death or profound brain damage. The investigation of child abuse requires careful and thorough work by a multi disciplinary team involving trained medical specialists, police officers and child protection workers. ...

Letter to Winnipeg Free Press on Manitoba Changing Legislation Definiton of Child Abuse to Include Child Pornography

Posted on: 2009-10-15 22:59

Note - Our response was submitted on November 29, 2007
The Manitoba government’s new legislation on child protection is a welcome addition to Canada’s legal efforts to protect vulnerable children and youth in today’s technology world. By expanding the legislation’s definition of child abuse to explicitly include child pornography, the provincial...

CWLC Signs Open Letter to Senators to Pass Bill S-209 to Repeal Section 43 of the Criminal Code

Posted on: 2009-10-15 22:57

CWLC joins numerous other organizations in signing an open letter to Senators to encourage them to vote for Bill S-209, which calls for the repeal of Section 43 of the Criminal Code. Section 43 allows parents and teachers to hit for 'correction', a section in the Code since 1892. Read the open letter here...

Response to Globe and Mail Article on Aboriginal Child Protection System in Manitoba

Posted on: 2009-10-15 22:54

Note - Our response was submitted to the Globe and Mail on October 15, 2007.
On Saturday, October 13, 2007, the Globe and Mail published an article by Margaret Wente, titled "White guilt, dead children - in the name of political correctness", which focused on the Manitoba child protection system....

First Nations child services funding in Saskatchewan

Posted on: 2009-10-15 22:12

Peter Dudding, CWLC Executive Director, comments on the current state of funding for First Nations child services. This article first appeared in the Regina Leader-Post on Monday, September 17, 2007.
Read the article here.