Bill C-208 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Divorce Act (marriage counselling required before divorce granted)

This bill is from the 38th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in November 2005.

Sponsor

Paul Szabo  Liberal

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of Oct. 13, 2004
(This bill did not become law.)

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-208s:

C-208 (2021) Early Learning and Child Care Act
C-208 (2021) Law An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (transfer of small business or family farm or fishing corporation)
C-208 (2020) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (transfer of small business or family farm or fishing corporation)
C-208 (2015) An Act to amend the Canada Evidence Act (interpretation of numerical dates)
C-208 (2013) An Act to amend the Supreme Court Act (understanding the official languages)
C-208 (2011) An Act to amend the Supreme Court Act (understanding the official languages)

Divorce ActRoutine Proceedings

October 13th, 2004 / 3:10 p.m.


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Liberal

Paul Szabo Liberal Mississauga South, ON

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-208, an act to amend the Divorce Act (marriage counselling required before divorce granted).

Mr. Speaker, the Vanier Institute on the Family reported that one out of every two marriages in Canada ends up in divorce and that 50% of children will experience family breakdowns before their 18th birthday.

A joint Senate-Commons committee discussed custody and access issues, particularly in a report called “For the Sake of the Children”, and one of its recommendations was to require mandatory counselling prior to the granting of a divorce.

I am pleased to introduce the bill to enact the committee's recommendation. I look forward to it earning the support of all hon. members.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)