Saturday, March 26, 2011

A program to fix our ailing family courts - The Globe and Mail

A program to fix our ailing family courts - The Globe and Mail: "A program to fix our ailing family courts
KIRK MAKIN
From Saturday's Globe and Mail
Published Friday, Mar. 25, 2011 6:44PM EDT"

C-422

C-422
Bill C-422

The election call kills private members bills – including Bill C-422.

This message is apparently from an aide to Maurice Vellacott.

This note is not intended to provide exhaustive information. I just want
to let you know that, due to the election call, all legislation
including private members bills – including Bill C-422 – “die” and are
null and void. Obviously, nobody knows which MPs would be coming back to
Parl. after an election, so items on the schedule from a previous
Parliament are not carried over.

Any equal shared parenting private members bills that are introduced in
the next Parliament will get a different # because bills are numbered
based on the order in which they are tabled and introduced so,
technically speaking there is no longer a Bill C-422. If you refer to
equal shared parenting legislation as C-422 to Members of Parliament
following the election, most of them will not know what you are talking
about. If you are a group leader, please pass this info to your members
to help Canadians communicate as effectively as possible with their
political representatives.

I think every Candidate and Party Leader needs to put Family Law Reform as one of their main priorities in this election. I will be questioning everyone I can about this issue and I will post every response I get back.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Father fights archaic law for parental rights after a man uses his daughter to sell drugs

Father fights archaic law for parental rights after a man uses his daughter to sell drugs: "NBC25 has been following the tragic story of a Fenton father who's been fighting to have parental rights of his little girl after she was used to sell drugs by another man."

Friday, March 11, 2011



"A Nightmare For a Brother"
by Jeremy Swanson
Ottawa 

One of our activists-brothers in Ottawa-one from our local Ottawa support group was supposed to be in court recently. I know him well. I was at court to support him. The case was adjourned even though no settlement was reached. So now he has to go back again. He has a long history of trouble with his ex wife who is almost completely mad in my view. He is a former medical professional who has been ruined completely in family court and lost everything-to the point of total financial destruction. Like so many of us. His horrors know no bounds and there is no end in sight. This in essence is what is happening now:

Because he has been late to drop off his daughter several times recently she wants the court to enforce it because he is in "breach" of the court order. He usually has to wait for her anywhere from 15 minutes to 2 hours but there is no problem in reverse. She can do that. She can 'breach' a court order. She is a woman after all The Court ordered that he can take his daughter to an activity while in the mother's care but since the summer of 2006 she has denied her daughter the right to go to an activity with her father as ordered . However there seems to be no problem for her to disobey a Court order. She is a woman after all. His wife calls the police anytime she wants to and they are always there attending her calls even though there is no reason to attend. She just does it and they just automatically respond. She is a woman after all. And there is outrageous gender bias in the courts. This is the primary reason why this all happens.

She can do all of this without any court ordering that the police intervene. She calls the police, lies to them, makes up stories, exaggerates and generally obfuscates about anything to do with her former husband-and they respond instantly in believing her-whatever her imagination comes up with. Its like a bizarre game of 'pick-a-problem'. He never knows what is going to happen. Or when. There is no stability to the situation. And this goes on an on and on ad nauseum. And now, bored with the routine she has dragged him back into court again. Why? He has done nothing. He is a model citizen and a loving Father. Why? Because she is obsessive and deranged. Why? Because she can. She is a woman after all. And this is Ottawa. This is Canada. It is the norm. There is no truth. There is no honesty. There is no justice. Not for men.

Can you imagine now what she will do to our brother if the Court accepts her motion? She is also asking the court to rule that he pay her lawyer's fees of $5,000.00 but, "if he agrees to the police enforcement" then she will accept $1,000.00. This is a classic double-edged blackmail. And she is convinced the court will do this. And they might. We all know that there is only "judge’s law" in Canada these days. he can't pay it anyway. He cannot even afford to eat properly. There is no clear picture emerging as to how long this "deal" would go on for-even if he did accept it. This is an ongoing question with no apparent emerging answer. It will go on and on and on for who knows how long. This is a woman who cannot stop her compulsive behaviour until she gets what she wants. Clearly she wants our brother dead. She wants to kill him and he is of mind that she will have to do that before he gives up. And he certainly will fight on until someone in the judicial system (psychologist or psychiatrist et al) has the courage to diagnose her and tell it like it is and what she is and has done.

So far because of the system that we have she has gotten away with her lies to the police, the CAS, the Criminal and Family Court, the Family Court Clinic, the Arbitrator. But in this society of inequality and bias but all of those are supporters of immoralities, lies and false and malicious accusations. All the ingredients that make the divorce industry thrive. And all on the backs of men like our brother in Ottawa. His case and his valiant fight for justice and for his daughter's well being is a living example of one man's courage and refusal to give up his rights and that of his daughter. it’s also an example of the gross imbalance between the rights of men and women in our society. The Charter of Rights notwithstanding.

Remember they do this to us because they can. And they do this because we let them.

Why Women Divorce


"After researching women's sexuality for more than ten years, I can honestly say that most of our societal beliefs about females are grossly distorted and many are completely erroneous." 
               
                         -Michelle Langley, author of Women's Infidelity

McGuinty Government Improving Family Justice For Victims Of Abuse


March 11, 2011 10:30 AM

McGuinty Government Improving Family Justice For Victims Of Abuse

A new support program will soon be available across Ontario to help victims of domestic violence through the difficult process of separation or divorce.
The new Family Court Support Worker program will provide assistance to victims, most of whom are women and children, at a time when they are at the greatest risk of further violence. The new support workers will:
  • Provide victims with information about the family court process
  • Document the history of abuse for the court
  • Refer victims to specialized services and supports in the community
  • Help with safety planning related to court appearances
  • Accompany victims to court proceedings, where appropriate.
This new program is helping Ontario take the next steps in its family law reform strategy to provide improved supports for vulnerable Ontarians who come before family courts. 

QUICK FACTS

 
  • The Government is investing almost $2 million per year for the next three years, which will be funded through the Victims Justice Fund. Community agencies can apply in April 2011 for funding to deliver the program.
  • The Family Court Support Worker program will be available across the province in all 49 court districts.

CONTACTS

  • Nauman Khan
    Minister's Office
    416-326-1785
  • Brendan Crawley
    Communications Branch
    416-326-2210



Ministry of the Attorney General
ontario.ca/attorneygeneral