A bill that would ban “reasonable force” used to discipline children passed a second reading by MPs, despite concerns over parental rights and classroom chaos.
Bill C-273 aims to repeal Section 43 of the Criminal Code, which says, “Every schoolteacher, parent or person standing in the place of a parent is justified in using force by way of correction towards a pupil or child as the case may be who is under his care if the force does not exceed what is reasonable under the circumstances.”
