PDA

View Full Version : Court Quashes Dad's Grounding of 12-year Old Daughter [QUEBEC]




crazyfingers
06-19-2008, 10:58 AM
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/06/19/father-court.html


A father plans to appeal after a Quebec court ruled that he didn't have the right to punish his 12-year-old daughter by banning her from a school trip.

Quebec Superior Court Madam Justice Suzanne Tessier ruled Friday that the girl should be allowed to attend the three-day trip within Quebec this week.

The father's lawyer, Kim Beaudoin, speaks to CBC Newsworld about the case.The father's lawyer, Kim Beaudoin, speaks to CBC Newsworld about the case.

(CBC)The father first forbade his daughter from going online after the Grade 6 student posted photos on a dating site, the Globe and Mail reported in its Thursday edition.

The girl's parents are divorced, and after she had an alleged row with her stepmother, the dad barred her from going on a school trip to mark the class's graduation from elementary school, the newspaper says.

"When he said, 'OK, it's final. You're not going,' she smacked the door, left and went to live with her mother," the father's lawyer, Kim Beaudoin, told CBC News.

Last Wednesday, the dad received a motion petitioning the court to overturn the punishment.

Two days later, the justice ruled that the punishment was too severe since the girl had already been sufficiently disciplined, said Beaudoin.

Beaudoin said the justice also said there was no reason for the punishment to stand, since the girl was now living with her mother, even though the father has custody.

Beaudoin said the father, who has four children, was "devastated," especially since the ruling came days before Father's Day.

While Beaudoin said the case is a first for her, she doubts it will trigger a flood of similar claims.

"Usually children have lots of respect for their parents and they wouldn't go there," said Beaudoin.

She said the judge stressed that the case was an exception. "But for a field trip, I'm thinking this is a big exception."

RideTheDirt
06-19-2008, 11:14 AM
She is in elementary school and posted pics on a dating site?!The court said that him banning her from using the internet was enough punishment.What is this world coming to?!:(:mad:

crazyfingers
06-19-2008, 11:22 AM
She is in elementary school and posted pics on a dating site?!The court said that him banning her from using the internet was enough punishment.What is this world coming to?!:(:mad:

It is the inevitable result of socialism. The state thinks it can raise your child better than you. I'd like to think this can't happen in America, but that looks like the direction we are heading.

Quebec has also tried to ban private health insurance:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/06/09/newscoc-health050609.html


The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday that the Quebec government cannot prevent people from paying for private insurance for health-care procedures covered under medicare.

In a 4-3 decision, the panel of seven justices said banning private insurance for a list of services ranging from MRI tests to cataract surgery was unconstitutional under the Quebec Charter of Rights, given that the public system has failed to guarantee patients access to those services in a timely way.


Well at least the Canadian court got that decision right...Oh wait...


Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Benoit Pelletier said the province would consider using the notwithstanding clause in Quebec's constitution as an alternative to abiding by the court's decision.

IRO-bot
06-19-2008, 11:23 AM
Canada is weird.

Remember the state owns your children. They decide when they live or die.

electronicmaji
06-19-2008, 12:17 PM
I feel like theres a background to this that isn't explained in the article...something is definetly missing

yongrel
06-19-2008, 12:18 PM
http://www.peterosesaga.com/images/huh.jpg