Submission of the Men’s Educational Support Association (MESA) In Support of a Rebuttable Presumption of Equal Shared Parenting (ESP) On Bill C-78 an Act to amend the Divorce Act, the family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act and the Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act and to make consequential amendments...
Equal Shared Parenting “Prisons”
Equal Shared Parenting
FATHER'S RIGHTS DEBATED AT HEARING
By Helen Dolik Canadians need more hard facts on what really happens in child-custody cases, not just anecdotal evidence from men who feel they have been treated unfairly by the courts, a retired Calgary judge says. Herb Allard, the former senior family and youth court judge in Calgary, made the...
FINALLY, SOMEBODY IS LISTENING
By Les Sillars Ottawa’s child custody committee lends a sympathetic ear to divorced dads Heading into a hearing of Ottawa’s Special Joint Committee on Child Custody and Access in Calgary last week, one divorced father was wearing a big grin and two lapel buttons with the words, “Children need fathers,...
THE BOARS WANT IN
By Chafer Parker Jr. Men’s activists push for place at the government trough Over the past decade, public funding for the Federal Women’s Program has shrunk dramatically, from $13 million annually in 1987 to about $8.5 million. While a $4.5 million reduction is undoubtedly significant, it still buys a lot...
Men Are Shut Out
Re “Shared parenting-the next ripple in evolution of divorce,” Susan Ruttan, Calgary Herald. This column contains many myths and misconceptions and shows a common lack of insight on parenting after divorce. Ruttan claims that “for men in particular, divorce seemed a way of walking away from a mistake and building...
HE'S MALE, HE'S GUILTY
By Les Sillars Calgary police and prosecutors are slammed for ignoring an alibi Men accused of domestic violence have complained for years of being convicted on the unsupported say-so of their female spouses because of a pervasive anti-male bias in the legal system. There are some suggestions, however, that the...
Ontario pulls 'anti-male' booklets
By Chris Cobb GROUPS CLAIMING VICTORY OTTAWA Men’s groups are claiming victory following a decision by the Ontario government to pull two booklets they claimed were biased against men, even though a government spokesman said yesterday that the decision was not based on perceived gender bias. The booklets – “Your...
Alberta Maintenance Enforcement Director
For Immediate Release – Tuesday July 6th, 1999 Men’s Educational Support Association (MESA) – Calgary Paul Millar, Vice-President of the Men’s Educational Support Association (MESA) and a non-custodial father, won the right in the Calgary Court of Queen’s Bench to prohibit the Alberta Director Maintenance Enforcement from seizing health care...