How does Alberta measure up to the UN rights for children?

ID:	HARP-360
Title:	How does Alberta measure up to the UN rights for children?
Source:	Law Now , v.25(5) Ap/My’01 pg 12-15
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Year:	2001
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Keywords:	Canada, child benefits, economic, social, and cultural rights, human rights, United Nations, children’s rights education, Alberta, civil and political rights, children’s rights, family
Abstract:	On November 20, 1989, the United Nations adopted the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Canada was one of the first countries to sign and subsequently ratify the Convention. Alberta, on the other hand, was the last province in the country to formally endorse it. Despite persistent efforts by many children’s rights organizations and advocates to get the province on side, Alberta withheld its support for the Convention for many years. Alberta’s resistance to the Convention was grounded in the belief that, in promoting the rights of children, the Convention seriously undermines parental authority. Alberta eventually agreed to endorse the Convention, but Premier Klein notified the Prime Minister by letter (January 13, 1999) of its intention to do so only on the understanding that the Convention was not to be interpreted in a manner which usurped the authority of parents.
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