<div><font color="Navy">UN Criticizes Canada On Crime Bill And Youth
CP - By Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press
Posted: 10/09/2012 2:07 pm EDT Updated: 10/09/2012 5:00 pm EDT
OTTAWA - The federal government's tough-on-crime agenda is "excessively punitive" for youth and is a step backwards for Canada's child rights record, says a United Nations group.
The UN committee on the rights of the child has finished a 10-year review of how Canada treats its children and how well governments are implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
In particular, the committee says Canada's Youth Criminal Justice Act complied with international standards until changes were introduced earlier this year.
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CP - By Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press
Posted: 10/09/2012 2:07 pm EDT Updated: 10/09/2012 5:00 pm EDT
OTTAWA - The federal government's tough-on-crime agenda is "excessively punitive" for youth and is a step backwards for Canada's child rights record, says a United Nations group.
The UN committee on the rights of the child has finished a 10-year review of how Canada treats its children and how well governments are implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
In particular, the committee says Canada's Youth Criminal Justice Act complied with international standards until changes were introduced earlier this year.
The Harper government's Bill C-10
More...