A Question of Commitment: Children’s Rights in Canada

Contents

vii Contents Foreword ix Landon Pearson Acknowledgments xiii 1 Introduction: A Question of Commitment 1 R. Brian Howe 2 Child Poverty: The Evolution and Impact of Child Benefits 21 Ken Battle 3 Early Learning and Child Care: Is Canada on Track? 45 Martha Friendly 4 A Right to Health: Children’s Health and Health Care through a Child Rights Lens 73 Cheryl van Daalen-Smith 5 Corporal Punishment: A Violation of the Rights of the Child 99 Joan E. Durrant 6 Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation: What Progress Has Canada Made? 127 Anne McGillivray 7 Youth Justice and Children’s Rights: Transformations in Canada’s Youth Justice System 153 Myriam Denov 8 Restorative Justice: Toward a Rights-based Approach 179 Shannon Moore 9 The Participation Rights of the Child: Canada’s Track Record 209 Kelly Campbell and Linda Rose-Krasnor 10 Children’s Rights Education: Canada’s Best-Kept Secret 241 Katherine Covell 11 Aboriginal Children’s Rights: Is Canada Keeping Its Promise? 265 Marlyn Bennett 12 The Rights of Children in Care: Consistency with the Convention? 287 Tom Waldock 13 Homeless Children and Street-Involved Children in Canada 321 Sonja Grover 14 On the Rights of Refugee Children and Child Asylum Seekers 343 Sonja Grover 15 Implementing the Rights of Children with Disabilities 373 Richard Sobsey 16 Conclusion: Canada’s Ambivalence toward Children 395 R. Brian Howe and Katherine Covell Appendix: The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 413 Index 435 viii Contents ...