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Old 06-19-2008, 10:23 AM   #16
Phaneuf3
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Originally Posted by fredr123 View Post
Section 43 has been on the books since 1892. The changes approved by the Senate do little more than define "reasonable force" to be within the limits of Canada's treaty obligations on the rights of children. Are there situations not listed in the proposed bill that you would want to use force on your children?
...yes.
the way i'm reading it, you can now only use force under the situations listed to stop an action in process. not to correct behavior.

also, the way its worded it makes it sounds like the actions you're trying to stop need to be on the level of criminal actions.
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