CANADA SUPREME COURT TO HEAR CASE AGAINST SPANKING THIS JUNE

Tuesday May 20, 2003

CANADA SUPREME COURT TO HEAR CASE AGAINST SPANKING THIS JUNE

OTTAWA, May 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Home School Legal Defence Association (HSLDA) has reported that the Section 43 Constitutional Challenge (Corporal Punishment Case) has been "fast tracked" by the Supreme Court of Canada. The court has placed the case on the list for oral argument on Friday, June 6th.

HSLDA will intervene in the case as part of the Coalition for Family Autonomy (CFA) which also includes REAL Women of Canada, Canada Family Action Coalition, and Focus on the Family.

For more information on the case see HSLDA at:
www.hsldacanada.org/issues/discipline.htm

See related LifeSite coverage:
Anti-spanking silliness - Interim, March 2002
http://www.lifesite.net/interim/2002/mar/moore.html

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