NEWS RELEASE

February 14, 1997							

For  Immediate  Release


LIBERAL SENATOR CARSTAIRS' SOCIAL RE-ENGINEERING PROJECTS NEVER 
STOP

"The Liberals gave us the Young Offenders Act, now they're telling parents 
how to raise their children."



Yorkton - Today, Garry Breitkreuz, MP for Yorkton-Melville, defended 
parental rights and responsibilities, and slammed the bill 
introduced by Liberal Senator Sharon Carstairs (Bill S-14) which 
would repeal section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada.  Section 
43 protects parents and teachers who use "reasonable" force to 
discipline children under their care and responsibility. "If 
Carstairs' bill becomes law, any parent who gives their kid a little 
swat on the behind could be charged with assault under the Criminal 
Code.  This is simply ridiculous!  Parents don't just have 
responsibilities, they have rights too," declared Breitkreuz.  



"Instead of trying to repeal useful sections of the Criminal Code 
like section 43, Carstairs should be more concerned about enforcing 
section 215 which says parents have the 'legal duty to provide the 
necessaries of life for a child under the age of sixteen.'  Spanking 
a kid that misbehaves is not child abuse and most sensible parents 
realize this, but not Senator Carstairs, unfortunately.  Read 
section 43 carefully - it only protects parents who use "reasonable" 
force to discipline their children, not parents who beat their 
kids," explained Breitkreuz.



After the passage of Bill C-68 (the Liberal's anti-gun bill), 
witnesses attending a teachers' conference in Winnipeg sent me 
written notes documenting the following statement from Senator 
Carstairs: 'Bill C-68 is not about crime and violence but is rather 
a bill to socially engineer our country and change our culture.'  
Obviously, Senator Carstairs and her Liberal friends don't want to 
limit their social re-engineering to violating the fundamental 
rights and freedoms of responsible firearm owners.  They also want 
to restrict the fundamental rights, freedoms and responsibilities 
of parents to raise their children without unnecessary and 
unreasonable interference from the State.  This is exactly why I 
introduced my parental rights and responsibilities motion (M-300) 
in the House of Commons last November," said Breitkreuz.  



"The Liberals and Tories gave us the Young Offenders Act.  What a 
mess that has created.  Now they're going to tell us how to raise 
our children?  It's obvious what I think.  What do the people of 
Saskatchewan think?  Please call me at 1-800-667-6606."



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For a copy of M-300 and a Parental Rights Petition please call:

Yorkton:  (306) 782-3309

Ottawa:   (613) 992-4394



Motion M-300 states: That, in the opinion of this House, the government 
should authorize a proclamation to be issued by the Governor General 
under the Great Seal of Canada amending Section 7 of the Canadian Charter 
of Rights and Freedoms to: (a) recognize the fundamental right of 
individuals to pursue family life free from undue interference by the 
state, and (b) recognize the fundamental right and responsibility of 
parents to direct the upbringing of their children, and urge the 
legislative assemblies of the other provinces to do likewise.