WGS250H5 Lecture Notes - Equality Rights Statute Amendment Act, Canadian Union Of Public Employees, Child Support
22 May 2014
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Monday march 24, 2014 (divorce and child custody: exam review monday april 7, 12:45-2:15 ib 245. The film there was campaign to win recognition for same sex couples. It was to combat homophobia in school on the opposing side who didn"t want them to reproduce and shape how children think of the family. It was legalized by scc saying school board had no right to not permit: ethno racial groups mobilizing to counter homophobia. Black coalition for aids prevention: nancy rosenberg, cupe lawyer, fought for survivor pensions for same sex couples. Divorce, anything that tears the family apart (poverty, financial loss), anything that negatively affects the family. Adultery: history of canadian divorce law, 1866 quebec civil law (1866) Roman catholic marriage was only dissoluble to death. Legal separation permitted, but not remarriage: before ww1, canada had lowest divorce rates in the western world, in 1925 divorce act introduced. Women could obtain a divorce too only if proven adultery.
