Official JFCY Policy and Position statements or papers are developed by the Policy and Positions Committee and ultimately passed by the Board of Directors before distribution.  We have made available the most recent documents outlining positions approved by the Board, most of which are submissions made to government on legal issues important to the rights and interests of children and youth. Older position papers are found in the Policy Archive list and can be ordered by contacting us directly.

Child and Youth Rights

• Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Re: Bill S-21 to Repeal Section 43 of the Criminal Code, June 2005
• Accountability to and for Canada’s Children and Youth, Submission to the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights: Canada’s International Obligations to the Rights and Freedoms of Children, April 18, 2005
• Submission on U. N. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, September 2007

 
Education

• Submissions to the Ontario Human Rights Commission , Norton Task Force on Disability and Education,
• Submission to the Safe and Compassionate Schools Task Force of the Toronto District School Board, May 6, 2004
• Bill 52 - Learning to 18, Legal Concerns and Qualified Praise, April 19, 2006

Child Welfare and Protection

• Submission to Standing Committee on Social Justice, Bill 210, Child and Family Services Statute Law Amendment Act, December 13, 2005
• Bill 86 (Child Prostitution) Submission, December, 2002.

Youth Justice

• Submission of Justice for Children and Youth Regarding the Proposed Youth Criminal Justice Act, 2001

Other/Misc.

• Submission of JFCY concerning Bill C-22 (Age of Consent)
• A Position Statement on R. v. Sharpe and the Child Pornography Law
• Submission to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy: Bill 165, An Act to establish and provide for the office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth, April 25, 2007
• Policy Archive List
• Bill 107 - Human Rights Code Amendment Act: Qualified Support for the Direct Access Model, June 20, 2006
• Submission - UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: Day of General Discussion on "The Child's Right to be Heard"