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Parental Alienation Is Child Abuse. Don’t Let Bill C-223 Silence Families

The House of Commons Justice Committee will soon consider Bill C-223. This bill would negatively affect child well-being and family justice. Parental alienation can cause profound emotional harm to children and to the rejected parent. Too often, our justice system dismisses or silences parents who raise concerns about parental alienation or family violence. Bill C-223 would make that problem worse.

I’m asking you to take one minute today to register your opposition to this bill. Please go online and sign an important petition.



If you believe children deserve protection from family violence, please sign and share the petition with others who care about children, parenting, and fairness in the family justice system.

Link to the petition

Thank you for helping give families a voice.

Sincerely,

GENE C. COLMAN

• Parental alienation is a serious issue that harms children and families.

• Sign this petition to:

o  urge Members of Parliament to carefully consider Bill C-223;

o support children and families harmed when one parent deliberately undermines the child’s relationship with the other parent; and,

o  preserve sensible remedies such as “reunification counseling” that Bill C-223 would effectively abolish.

• We need a transparent conversation that:

o  protects vulnerable children and adults from all forms of family violence;

o  preserves parent-child relationships; and,

o  ensures families can raise concerns about family violence or parental alienation without being dismissed or silenced. 

Please help me spread the word by sharing this petition with your own friends, family, and colleagues. A few seconds of sharing:

• can help reach people who care deeply about children and families;

• can help create public pressure that Members of Parliament will notice.

Parental Alienation Is Family Violence. Don’t Let Bill C-223 silence families. Please pass the message along and share this newsletter.

If you can spare a few more minutes, please write your Member of Parliament

a short note opposing Bill C-223.

• You can confirm your M.P.’s name and email address here.

• Suggested text below. Feel free to revise it and add a short personal story if you wish:

Dear [Member of Parliament],

I am writing to ask you to oppose Bill C-223.

As a parent, family member, and concerned citizen, I am deeply troubled by the impact this Bill could have on children and families. When a child is pulled away from a loving parent, the damage can be heartbreaking and long-lasting. Families already facing conflict need fair and balanced laws that protect children, not legislation that could make it harder to address serious concerns about parental alienation and family violence.

Please vote against Bill C-223.

Children deserve protection, and families deserve to be heard.

Sincerely,

[Name]

[Postal code]

For more information on Bill C-223, visit my web page dedicated to the bill, which includes links to related articles.

For readers who want the legal angle, I recommend my Comparison of Existing Divorce Act to Proposed Amendments. I explain the bill in plain English here.

If you want to look directly at the bill itself, here is the link.

• I will be moderating a panel and presenting at two conferences in November 2026. Both panels will examine parental alienation, Bill C-223, and possible remedies.

International Families Alliance – 6th International Men and Families Conference, Toronto, November 6 & 7, 2026. This conference is open to professionals and lay persons alike. Our panel will be the opening morning session on November 6. Fellow panelists will be Prof. Nick Bala and Brian Ludmer.

• Restricting The Use Of Parental Alienation In Court: A Threat To The Well-Being Of Children

• This panel will examine the impact Bill C-223 may have on the legal and therapeutic responses courts use in high-conflict separations involving parental alienation.

The FDR Toolbox – Family Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario, Toronto, November 26, 2026. This conference is open to professionals who work in family law dispute resolution. Our panel will be the closing session of the day. Fellow panelists will be Prof. Nick Bala, Dr. Rachel Birnbaum, and Dr. Shely Polak.

• Does Bill C-223 Curtail The Alienation Toolkit And Harm Children?

• This panel will discuss parental alienation, reunification therapy, and the debate over Bill C-223, including some issues the bill raises that do need to be addressed, but in a very different way than proposed.