Judicial activism: really anti-democratic?

Judicial activism: really anti-democratic?

CANADA’ S SHAMEFUL FAMILY COURT SECRET

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CANADA’ S SHAMEFUL FAMILY COURT SECRET

Ontario Chief Justice Warren Winkler has been advocating for changes to our "dysfunctional" family law system for several years now, with his proposal for; free court based mandatory mediation for family law litigants just to fall on death ears.

Justice Winkler has declared that Ontario Family Courts are in a "state of crisis" and "dysfunctional". 

Outside of Family Court, False Claim of DV Considered Perjury

We see false claims of domestic violence in family courts every day. For decades now, attorneys in family courts have been telling us that claims of domestic violence are routinely made to gain an advantage in custody cases. That’s another way of saying that many of those claims are made up. But of course, those claims will continue to be made for the good and sufficient reason that they work. They achieve the desired result – separate the other parent (almost invariably the father) from the child. Once that’s accomplished with a temporary order, it becomes much easier to make sole maternal custody permanent. After all, the child hasn’t seen his/her father since the start of the divorce action, so why change that when the permanent orders are made?

But what’s always amazed me and countless other observers of family courts is the utter failure of family court judges to care that they’re being lied to. As routine as those false claims of domestic abuse are, they’d be squelched in an instant if judges started using the powers they’ve always had to punish perjurers. The fact that they don’t is one of the many disgraces that hang around the neck of family law in this country like scarlett letters.

Family courts told by a 13 year old Girl

Examining child custody issues in Canada: Part Two Read it on Global News: Global Edmonton | Examining child custody issues in Canada: Part Two

The family court system's separation of a child and parent after a divorce can sometimes have devastating consequences.

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Examining child custody issues in Canada: Part One Read it on Global News: Global Edmonton | Examining child custody issues in Canada: Part One

One in four Canadian marriages end in divorce, and many of those breakups are not amicable - especially when children are involved. Things can get even more messy if parents can't agree on the issue of custody. In those cases, it's up to a judge to decide an arrangement based on "the best interests of the child." And in Canada, that typically has meant awarding one parent with primary care.

The latest data from the Department of Justice shows mothers receive sole custody in 77 percent of cases, while fathers get it in only 9 percent of the time.


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Arson victim dreads suffering through another trial if convicted arsonist wins appeal process. - Timmins Times - Ontario, CA

Arson victim dreads suffering through another trial if convicted arsonist wins appeal process. - Timmins Times - Ontario, CA

OPP officer, convicted arsonist, sentenced to five years in prison. - Timmins Times - Ontario, CA

OPP officer, convicted arsonist, sentenced to five years in prison. - Timmins Times - Ontario, CA
 As a grandmother, the judge said Fournel was unhappy with the possible loss of access to her grandchildren and had no respect for the rules of Family Law in Ontario.