Female Sexual Mutilation 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... Female Genital Mutilation
National Anti-Poverty Legislation 2006:02 NATIONAL ANTI-POVERTY LEGISLATION Whereas : poverty is an underlying cause of marginalization and social exclusion which undermines the social fabric of any society; and Whereas : Canada was r... Federal Government
Addressing the Impact of Unintended Pregnancies on Women and Adolescent Girls 2023-02 ADDRESSING THE IMPACT of UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES on WOMEN and ADOLESCENT GIRLS Whereas #1: The United Nations reported that, on November 15, 2022, the global population reached a total of 8 bil... Family Planning
Surrogate Motherhood 2000.02EM Surrogate Motherhood Whereas: Advances in reproductive technology have made possible the practice of surrogate motherhood, where an embryo develops to maturity in the womb of a woman who has... Family Planning
Child Custody and Access 98.4EM CHILD CUSTODY AND ACCESS Whereas , experiencing separation or divorce in the family can have a prolonged negative impact on children, with studies showing a high incidence of depression where t... Family Law
Protecting Family Law 2004:01EI PROTECTING FAMILY LAW Whereas the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects the equality of women before the law, and Canada has ratified the Convention on the Elimination of all Form... Family Law
Support for the Family Caregiver 97.2 Support For The Family Caregiver Whereas, Federal, provincial and municipal budgetary restraints are putting pressure on both public and private institutional care for the elderly and/or disabled... Family Caregivers
Temporary Foreign Worker’s (TFW) Access to Permanent Status (Caregiver Program) 8. TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKERS’ ACCESS TO PERMANENT STATUS (CAREGIVER PROGRAM) Whereas #1 the entry of foreign caregiver workers, the majority of whom are women, is prompted by the unmet labour market d... Family Caregivers
Protection for Aboriginal Women and Children from Family Violence 2006:01 PROTECTION FOR ABORIGINAL WOMEN AND CHILDREN FROM FAMILY VIOLENCE Whereas: Statistics Canada data July 2005 suggests that violence against aboriginal women is three times that of the national ... Families
Estate Tax Exemption 68.3 Estate Tax Exemption Whereas, Under Section 7(1) of the Estate Tax Act, being Chapter 29 of the Statutes of Canada 1958, the amount of tax exemption allowed on any estate in which there is a wido... Estate Tax
Equality 86.10EM Emergency Resolution: Equality Whereas, The National Council of Women of Canada has advocated equality since its inception; Whereas, New National Council of Women of Canada policy is required ... Equality
Reiteration of 1986 88.15RE Reiteration 1986 Policy on: Equality Whereas, The National Council of Women of Canada has advocated equality since its inception; Whereas, New National Council of Women of Canada policy is req... Equality