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Petition l Rules for Petitions
Contact Ministers, Senators and MPs
Write or email:
The Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister, pm@pm.gc.ca
The Hon. Robert Nicholson, Minister of Justice, Nicholson.R@parl.gc.ca
Copy your letter to your MP and leaders of the opposition parties:
The Hon. Nycole Turmel, Interim Leader, NDP Party Canada, nycole.turmel@parl.gc.ca
The Hon. Bob Rae, Interim Leader, Liberal Party Canada, raeb@parl.gc.ca
The Hon. Louis Plamondon, House Leader, Bloc Québécois, louis.plamondon@parl.gc.ca
The Hon. Elizabeth May, Leader, Green Party Canada, leader@greenparty.ca
You can find contact information for MPs by phoning the federal government information line 1-800-622-6232 or at: http://canada.gc.ca/directories/direct_e.html
Postal Address for all MPs
Name, M.P.
House of Commons (or Senate)
Ottawa, K1A 0A6
Postage stamps not required
If your organization writes or emails federal ministers advocating repeal, please let us know so we can add the organization’s name to the Supporting Organizations chapter of our website.
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Contact Organizations/ Individuals
Contact organizations you think should support repeal. Ask them
to do so. If they want more information, refer them to our web
site. Letters from individuals are also important. They can
bring a personal perspective to the issue that captures attention.
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Contact Media
Write letters to newspapers
Reference your letter to a recent news report dealing with
children's issues or related issues. Check editorial pages
for information on length and contact addresses. See News/Archives
for a selection of published letters to editors.
Participate in TV and radio phone-in shows
Speak out and add your voice to show your support for repeal.
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Organize Events
Events that identify the need for repeal can draw public attention
and support. The following are some that have been held in the
last few years
- workshops and debates on section 43
- workshops on alternatives to corporal punishment
- spank-out days - click our link to www.stophitting.com for information and ideas
- creative events highlighting the issue
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Circulate Petition
Obtain signatures on a petition and take it to your MP. The
petition must be in a specific form and follow certain rules.
The parliamentary Clerk of Petitions has approved the form of
our petition. Click here
to download PDF version of Petition.
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Rules for Petitions
Petitions must be in a specific form established by Parliament.
The format of the above petition has been approved by the parliamentary
Clerk of Petitions.
- You must obtain a minimum of 25 signatures showing
the home address either in full or the city and province
of the persons signing. They do not have to be constituents
of the MP presenting the petition.
- There are spaces for 30 signatures on the petition. If
you wish to obtain more signatures, each new sheet must
show the subject matter of the petition.
- MPs may be requested to present a petition (whether they
agree with it or not) but are not required to do so. It
may be presented by your local MP or any other MP.
- An MP may present the petition by making a brief statement
about it in the House, in which case the statement is reproduced
in Hansard, the written proceedings of the House, or by
filing it with the Clerk of the House. Ask the MP to
present it in the House.
- The MP is not allowed to read the petition and no speech
may be made but ask the MP to at least state that section
43 allows corporal punishment of children by teachers, parents
and those in the place of parents, that the petition asks
for repeal, and a brief statement as to why repeal is requested.
- A petition may be presented whenever an MP chooses. Ask
your MP to send you a copy of Hansard showing his/her presentation
of the petition. Follow up if you don't hear within a month
of so. Please send a copy of the Hansard excerpt to the
Repeal 43 Committee.
- The Minister of Justice must table a response in the House
within 45 days. Ask your MP to send you the response and
forward copy to us.
- When we receive a copy of the Minister's response, we
will consider a reply and send a copy to you, the presenting
MP, and the Minister.
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