92.18EM Emergency Resolution: Female Sexual Mutilation or Female Genital Mutilation
Whereas, The Criminal Code of Canada does not permit a child to consent to mutilation nor does it permit a parent to consent for a child to be mutilated; and,
Whereas, In Ontario, female circumcision is considered to be a mutilation and doctors are not allowed to perform such surgery; and,
Whereas, Some doctors are being asked to follow a female circumcision procedure by people now living in Canada whose culture regards this as a part of their routine practice; therefore, be it,
RESOLVED, That The National Council of Women of Canada urge the Government of Canada to pass legislation making female circumcision illegal in Canada.