H/t Blazing Cat Fur
But I can name another person - a politician who's been repeatedly trying to further restrict parental rights. I'm talking about CĂ©line Hervieux-Payette, a Liberal Senator for Quebec, who kept introducing "anti-spanking" bill in the Senate since 2004. Fortunately, she doesn't have much chances during this Parliament and once this Parliament is over, she'll be retiring soon thereafter... But at one point she actually was on the brink of success. Her bill passed the Senate and went to the House of Commons where the Conservative minority (only 125 seats back then) would be powerless to stop it.
In the end, it was the 2008 election that saved Canadian families from even more government intrusion, harassment and persecution. But, as you can see, lack of an official ban doesn't mean lack of persecution for devoted parents.
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