The Legislative Awareness Committee of Zonta Club of
As you may be aware, concerns have been
raised about permitting Muslim personal law (“Sharia Law”) to be applied in
private arbitrations conducted under the provisions of the Arbitration Act of
Ontario.
In response to those concerns, Attorney
General Michael Bryant and the Minister Responsible for Women’s Issues, Sandra
Pupatello, asked former Attorney General Marion Boyd in June of 2004 to review “the
use of arbitration in family and inheritances cases and to examine the impact
that the use of arbitration has on vulnerable people, including women, persons
with disabilities and elderly persons.”
The review process culminated in the
release in December 2004 of a Report entitled “Dispute Resolution in Family
Law: Protecting Choice, Promoting
Inclusion”. In short, Ms. Boyd
recommended that arbitration continue to be a dispute resolution mechanism
available in family and inheritance cases and that
Considerable opposition to the Report’s
recommendations has been voiced since its release. Ontario’s Liberal Government is considering
what changes should be made to the 15-year-old Arbitration Act, in light of the
Boyd Report’s recommendations and concerns that continue to be voiced by
various groups and individuals.
We have invited Marion Boyd and Homa
Arjomand, the Toronto-based co-ordinator of the International Campaign Against
Sharia Court in
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Moderator: PAULINE
MITCHELL
$25.00 – Continental Breakfast
Tickets available by
calling: Patti Oosterveld (905-627-5076)
– or Anita Isaac (905-648-5426)
(Proceeds
from this event will be used in support of a Zonta initiative to hire teachers
in