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House Hansard - 236

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 20, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 236 - Oct/20/23
Mr. Tom Kmiec (Calgary Shepard, CPC)
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Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to table today. The first petition comes from constituents in my riding who are drawing the attention of the House to the increasing levels of divorce rates. One of the points they raise is that Canada now has the highest rate of common-law relationships among G7 countries, with the share of coresiding common-law couples increasing from 6% in 1981 to 23% in 2021. They are saying that the federal child support guidelines created under the Divorce Act fail to reflect that diversity and complexity today. They are calling for the Government of Canada and the Minister of Justice to initiate the statutory review of the Divorce Act, specifically concerning the federal child support guidelines, to take into account the evolving reality of blended families and the variance of income over time to better reflect the needs of children in shared custody situations.
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