A Question of Commitment
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In 1991, the Government of Canada ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, requiring governments at all levels to ensure that Canadian laws and practices safeguard the rights of children. A Question of Commitment: Children’s Rights in Canada is the first book to assess the extent to which Canada has fulfilled this commitment.

The editors, R. Brian Howe and Katherine Covell, contend that Canada has wavered in its commitment to the rights of children and is ambivalent in the political culture about the principle of children’s rights. A Question of Commitment expands the scope of the editors’ earlier book, The Challenge of Children’s Rights for Canada, by including the voices of specialists in particular fields of children’s rights and by incorporating recent developments.


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Date de parution 15 juin 2007
Nombre de lectures 0
EAN13 9781554581009
Langue English
Poids de l'ouvrage 2 Mo

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A Question of Commitment
Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada
Studies in Childhood and Family in Canadais a multidisciplinary series devoted to new perspectives on these subjects as they evolve. The series features studies that focus on the intersections of age, class, race, gender, and region as they contribute to a Canadian understanding of childhood and family, both historically and currently.
Series Editor Cynthia Comacchio Department of History Wilfrid Laurier University
Manuscripts to be sent to Brian Henderson, Director Wilfrid Laurier University Press 75 University Avenue West Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3C5
A Question of Commitment Children’s Rights in Canada
R. Brian Howe and Katherine Covell, editors
We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program for our publishing activities.
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
A question of commitment : children’s rights in Canada / R. Brian Howe and Katherine Covell, editors.
(Studies in childhood and family in Canada series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-55458-003-3
1. Children’s rights—Canada. 2. Children—Government policy—Canada. 3. Child welfare—Canada. 4. Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989). I. Howe, Robert Brian II. Covell, Katherine III. Series.
HQ789.Q48 2007
323.3'520971
© 2007 R. Brian Howe and Katherine Covell
Cover design by P.J. Woodland. Text design by C. Bonas-Taylor.
C2007-901788-6
This book is printed on Ancient Forest Friendly paper (100% post-consumer recycled).
Printed in Canada
Every reasonable effort has been made to acquire permission for copyright material used in this text, and to acknowledge all such indebtedness accurately. Any errors and omissions called to the publisher’s attention will be corrected in future printings.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or trans-mitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written consent of the pub-lisher or a licence from The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). For an Access Copyright licence, visit www.accesscopyright.ca or call toll free to 1-800-893-5777.
Published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press Waterloo, Ontario, Canada www.wlupress.wlu.ca
This book is dedicated to Senator Landon Pearson for her tireless efforts on behalf of children and their rights.
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Forewordix Landon Pearson Acknowledgmentsxiii 1Introduction: A Question of Commitment 1 R. Brian Howe 2Child Poverty: The Evolution and Impact of Child Benefits 21 Ken Battle 345Early Learning and Child Care: Is Canada on Track? Martha Friendly 4A Right to Health: Children’s Health and Health Care through a Child Rights Lens 73 Cheryl van Daalen-Smith 599Corporal Punishment: A Violation of the Rights of the Child Joan E. Durrant 6Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation: What Progress Has Canada Made? 127 Anne McGillivray 7Youth Justice and Children’s Rights: Transformations in Canada’s Youth Justice System 153 Myriam Denov 8Restorative Justice: Toward a Rights-based Approach 179 Shannon Moore 9209The Participation Rights of the Child: Canada’s Track Record Kelly Campbell and Linda Rose-Krasnor 10241Children’s Rights Education: Canada’s Best-Kept Secret Katherine Covell
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11265Aboriginal Children’s Rights: Is Canada Keeping Its Promise? Marlyn Bennett 12The Rights of Children in Care: Consistency with the Convention? 287 Tom Waldock 13Homeless Children and Street-Involved Children in Canada 321 Sonja Grover 14343On the Rights of Refugee Children and Child Asylum Seekers Sonja Grover 15Implementing the Rights of Children with Disabilities 373 Richard Sobsey 16395Conclusion: Canada’s Ambivalence toward Children R. Brian Howe and Katherine Covell Appendix:413The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Index435
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On December 11, 1991, a group of children from every province and ter-ritory surrounded Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in the Rotunda of Par-liament to sign along with him a document celebrating Canada’s ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Poinsettias rose in tiers around the great central pillar and coloured lights twinkled among the gargoyles. Two local school choirs sang “O Canada!” in French and English and everyone clapped. As the chair of the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of the Child I spoke to the children about their rights and, on behalf of the people of Canada, Mr. Mulroney promised to respect them. So, fifteen years later, how have we done? How well have we fulfilled the promises we made that day? Our successes and failures are what this book is all about. We were full of hope on that snowy December afternoon, but, as with all the other major UN-sponsored human rights instruments Canada has ratified, the domestic implementation of the CRC has been neither as quick nor as comprehensive as we would have liked. In fact, in many ways, we have been more successful on the international scene than at home. As a country we have been seen as a leader in the field of children’s rights; we have negotiated, signed, ratified, or adopted numerous international conventions, statutes, protocols, and declarations over the past decade that directly reference children. Child rights–based programming has been a priority for our official development assistance, and we remain strong supporters of the eight millennium goals to reduce poverty and improve lives by 2015, most of which involve children. Furthermore, we
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