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Child sex tourism see Child prostitution

Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation

    >>Age of consent, relationship, 9673-4, 9678-9
    >>>Petitions, 277, 770, 1297, 1775, 2017, 2314, 2526, 2816, 4995
    >>>Raising from 14 to 16,
    >>>>Criminal charges factor, 3263
    >>>>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--prohibited sexual acts)(Bill C-291)--Hanger
    >>>>o.q., 8511
    >>>>Petitions, 8785, 9999
    >>>Raising to 18, petitions, 3498, 3722, 4158, 5174, 5610, 5776, 6194, 6804, 7394, 7747, 8234, 8515, 8870, 9386, 9610, 9805-7, 9999, 10042
    >>>Reduction to 14 in 1988, extending to homosexual activity in 1995, 9364
    >>British Columbia case, three year old girl, victim, sentence, Judge Peter Vanderhoof remarks, 6841, 9390
    >>Calgary, Alta. and Toronto, Ont. incidents, September/October 1996, o.q., 5375
    >>Canadian child assaulted in Caribbean by Canadians, 95
    >>Children under four, enhancing protection, petition, 2190
    >>Commercial exploitation
    >>>Eliminating, 7357
    >>>Vancouver, B.C. round table, o.q., 7193
    >>Criminal Code, etc., strengthening, 6496
    >>>Petitions, 4267, 6966, 7523
    >>Gatineau, Que., case, father forcing son to have sex with hypnotized mother, etc., 9426, 9429
    >>International situation, Canadian role, United Nations Convention on the Rigts of the Child, etc., 9639
    >>Outside Canada by Canadian residents, prosecuting in Canada, 1295, 4697-703
    >>>Criminal Code amendments, procedural requirements, country involved requesting, provincial attorney general approving, 9406-10, 9639-42
    >>>S.O. 31, 2134
    >>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation)(Bill C-27); Criminal Code (amdt.--sexual exploitation of children outside Canada)(Bill C-246)
    >>Prince Edward Island case, three year old girl victim, sentence, S.O. 31, 7459-60
    >>Rape of 13 year old girl by 11 year old boy, Young Offenders Act factor
    >>>o.q., 2939-40
    >>>S.O. 31, 2936, 3079
    >>Registry of sex offenders and pedophiles, establishing, 1143, 4280, 7088, 9660
    >>>Canadian Police Information Centre data banks role, 1391
    >>>o.q., 5375
    >>>Petitions, 1297-8, 3325, 4089, 4235, 4265, 4591, 4677, 4996, 5173, 5203, 6012, 7089, 7109, 7722-3, 8316, 9089, 9514, 9610, 9999, 10145
    >>>S.O. 31, 704
    >>>See also Pedophile Register Act (Bill C-359)
    >>Sex offenders/pedophiles
    >>>Bail pending parole, prohibiting, petitions, 9514, 9610
    >>>Banning from parks, playgrounds and schools, Supreme Court of Canada ruling disallowing 1144
    >>>Chemical neutralization, 7088
    >>>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--chemical neutralization of pedophiles)(Bill C-360)
    >>>Dangerous offenders, classifying as see Dangerous/high-risk offenders--Sex offenders, Categories
    >>>Dubuc, Martin, hockey coach, case, 5119
    >>>Hanging, Liberal Party candidate John Les proposing, 9405
    >>>Milne, George Harvey, designated dangerous offender, parole, re-offending, National Parole Board responsibility, etc., 8167
    >>>Noyes, Robert, dangerous offender, temporary release/parole eligibility, 3542, 9595
    >>>Oatway, Robert, Prince George, B.C., statutory release/mandatory supervision, Toronto, Ont., 1143, 5068-9, 5074, 5121
    >>>>o.q., 1171, 2254
    >>>>S.O. 31, 816, 1761
    >>>o.q., 5738-9
    >>>Pardons, retaining criminal records on Canadian Police Information Centre computer database, 8869, 9402-3
    >>>>See also Criminal Records Act (amdt.--sexual offences against children)(Bill C-382)
    >>>Parole
    >>>>Hearings, victims/families participation, 2050, 2052
    >>>>Prohibiting in cases of serious harm, 5064
    >>>Persons in trust/authority positions, previous convictions, parents right to know, amending Privacy Act, 9804
    >>>>See also Privacy Act (amdt.)(Bill C-405)
    >>>Protecting from, 5041
    >>>>Measures, petitions, 8514, 9332-3, 9387, 10147
    >>>Release into communities, 9669, 10090
    >>>>Notification of communities, 9660
    >>>>>o.q., 5246
    >>>>>Petitions, 5203, 7892
    >>>Second offences, charges/convictions, prohibiting bail or parole, petitions, 6068, 6709-10, 9610
    >>>Sentences,
    >>>>Increasing
    >>>>>Belgian movement, relationship, 5523
    >>>>>Citizens Against Sexual Abuse of Children petition, S.O. 31, 7459-60
    >>>>Life imprisonment without parole for 25 years, 9225
    >>>>>S.O. 31, 9876
    >>>>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--penalties for sexual offences involving children)(Bill C-391)
    >>>>Mandatory five years, petition, 9089
    >>>>See also Child sexual abuse/assault/exploitation--British Columbia case--Prince Edward Island case--Sex offenders/pedophiles, Dangerous offenders
    >>>S.O. 31, 5475
    >>>S.O. 31, 704
    >>>Tocher, James, 9703-4, 9763-5
    >>>Valley, Kevin, nine-time offender, released into Red Deer, Alta., community, 9395-8, 9462
    >>>>o.q., 9449-50
    >>>See also Child sex abuse/assault/exploitation--Registry; Dangerous/high-risk offenders--Sex offenders
    >>Treatment for offenders, services for victims, petition, 10144
    >>Vancouver, B.C. case, civil suit against father who assaulted daughter, bankruptcy factor, S.O. 31, 2060
    >>See also see Lac Barriere Indian Band--Financial misappropriation; Sexual assault/offences--Accused acces to medical and therapeutic records

Child support payments

Child tax benefit

"Childhood Survivors' Memoir of the Holocaust" see Holocaust--Lecture, 6490

Children

    >>Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program, promoting healthy babies among highrisk pregant women, funding, Budget 1997 measure, 8295, 8331, 9335, 9565, 10047
    >>CanSave Children Award, Senator Landon Pearson, recipient, S.O. 31, 5283-4
    >>Care and nuturing, national project, 9248
    >>Caring for younger children, 2494, 6549-50
    >>Community Action Program for Children
    >>>Funding, Budget 1997 measure, 8295, 8331, 8340, 9335, 9565, 10047
    >>>Funding, family resource centres, preserving
    >>>>Petition, 8145, 8233
    >>>>S.O. 31, 7571, 8131
    >>Corporal punishment, 661
    >>>Criminal Code section 43
    >>>>Abolition/repeal, 3720
    >>>>>United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, relationship, 341-2, 7353
    >>>>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--protection of children)(Bill C-305)
    >>>>Family/parental rights, relationship, 7353
    >>>>Petitions, 369, 394, 1174, 2315, 2851, 4160, 5610, 9805, 9998-9
    >>>>Public opinion, 7353
    >>Definition in legislation, conforming with United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, 10035-41, 10237
    >>>Provincial legislation, Alberta, Ontario, etc., 10041
    >>>See also Bank Act (amdt.--definition of infant)(Bill C-414); Bills of Exchange Act (amdt.--definition of infant and minor)(Bill C-415); Canada Business Corporations Act (amdt.--definition of infant and minor)(Bill C-416); Canada Cooperative Associations Act (amdt.--definition of infant)(Bill C-426); Canada Health Act (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-417; Canada Pension Plan (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-411); Canada Shipping Act (amdt.--definition of child and minor)(Bill C-418); Canada Student Loans Act (amdt.--definition of full age)(Bill C-419); Canada Transportation Act (amdt.--definition of adult)(Bill C-432); Canada-United Kingdom Civil and Commercial Judgements Act (amdt.--definition of infant in matters originating in Canada)(Bill C-420); Corrections and Conditional Release Act (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-421); Criminal Code (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-443); Divorce Act (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-409); Excise Act (amd.--definition of adult)(Bill C-422); Excise Tax Act (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-427); Extradition Act (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-423); Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (amdt.)(Bill C-410); Government Employees Compensation Act (amdt.--definition of infant)(Bill C-424); Hazardous Products Act (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-425); Indian Act (amdt.--definition of infant child)(Bill C-428); Insurance Companies Act (amdt.--definition of infant)(Bill C-430); Interpretation Act (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-408); Land Titles Act (amdt.--age of majority and definition of infant)(Bill C-431); Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-412); Pension Fund Societies Act (amdt.--definition of minor child)(Bill C-433); Privacy Act (amdt.--definition of minor)(Bill C-434); Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-429) Territorial Lands Act (amdt.--definition of adult)(Bill C-435); Wages Liability Act (amdt.--definition of adult)(Bill C-436); Young Offenders Act (amdt.--definition of child)(Bill C-413)
    >>Disadvantaged, aiding, national program, provincial jurisdiction, Bloc Quebecois position, o.q, 4071-2
    >>Divorce, psychological impact, etc., 4921-3, 4930, 4961, 5028
    >>Fathers, raising, role, 5022
    >>Future, Budget 1997 addressing, 9135
    >>Government expenditures, increasing from $5.1 billion to 6 billion, Budget 1997 measures, 9145
    >>Health and safety
    >>>Baby carriers, backpacks, slings, etc., regulation, need, petition, 10147-8
    >>>Government policy, relationship, 8794
    >>>Health Standing Committee review, 8125
    >>Health care system, failing, S.O. 31, 7234
    >>Importance, priority, 2494-5, 7173-4
    >>>Ministerial conference, recognizing, Roy Romanow, Saskatchewan premier, leadership, 7173-4
    >>>>o.q., 6862
    >>>>S.O. 31, 6851
    >>>Quebec child care services week, emphasizing, S.O. 31, 3200
    >>Kidsafe program, 7264
    >>Legislation affecting, oversight committee, Justice Department role, 8018
    >>>See also Department of Justice Act (amdt.)(Bill C-371)
    >>Low income families, government assistance, o.q., 8390
    >>Missing/abducted, finding
    >>>Foreign Affairs and International Trade Department, role, 6496-7
    >>>Missing child registry, Royal Canadian Mounted Police initiative, 6495-6
    >>>National Revenue program, o.q., 1373
    >>>Non-custodial parent, international abduction, recourse, 6497
    >>National Child Day
    >>>S.O. 31, 6485-6
    >>>Statement by Minister (L. Axworthy), 6495-8
    >>Nutrition, Thistletown Community Breakfast Club, school breakfast program, support, S.O. 31, 7511-2
    >>Pregnant mother`s drug/alcohol abuse, protecting from, 8315
    >>>See also Criminal Code (amdt.--protection of child before birth)(Bill C-372)
    >>Rights
    >>>Legislation, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 7372
    >>>Privacy rights, etc., parental rights, conflict, 9365
    >>>Protection/choice rights, Reform Party position, 7353
    >>>Throne Speech statement, 4
    >>>United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, 7353, 7372
    >>>>Parental rights, conflict, petition, 10238
    >>Runaways see Child prostitution--Fingerprinting suspects
    >>Sick, disabled, Sunshine Foundation supporting, 10041-2
    >>>Sunshine Day, June 21, declaring, M. (comuzzi), agreed to, 10041-2
    >>United Nations report praising Canadian commitment, 10041
    >>See also China--Orphanages; Citizenship; Consumers; Crime prevention--Families; Criminal Code; Defence equipment--Land mines; Developing countries--Health; Divorce; Drug/substance abuse--Drug strategy; Family violence; Farms--Safety; Health care system--Ontario; Income tax; Israel--Terrorist attacks; Justice system--Children of divorce; Liberia; Literacy; Murder; Sexual assault/offences--Victims; Sexual orientation--Canadian Human Rights Act; Violence--Women and children; Young offenders--Crime prevention