Our legal counsel has drafted an amendment that would be under section 265, proposed subsection 265(5). However, as I said before, I'm a teacher, not a legislator. I don't know where we go from here.
Yesterday, I was preparing for today and I noticed that New Zealand made an amendment in 2007 to their Crimes Act, which might be something this committee could look at. It had very similar language to Canada's language. It had wording similar to “force by way of correction”, which was changed to something different. It was a repeal and an amendment at the same time. The amendment was about the safety of children. That might be something to look at. That was done in 2007.
Our amendment is in our brief. It talks about “protecting the safety of the child” and “preventing the child from causing bodily or emotional harm to themselves or to other persons.” There is nothing here about corrective force. It's about protecting the child and making sure they're safe.
Hopefully everybody in the committee has received the document. If not, we'll make sure that you do receive that document.