Thank you, Madam Chair.
Mr. Julian, I'm going to go back to what I was saying before the interruption. The use of force to control a child was raised in the previous round of questions. I would now like to discuss correction.
I was interested in Mr. Caputo's question about whether hitting a child on the hand with two fingers, whatever the reason, should be treated the same way as a case where a teacher or parent hits a child with a stick or slaps the child on the butt, hand or back. Shouldn't we show a bit of discernment as to what the actual circumstances are?
You'll tell me that section 34 refers to reasonable force, but it's important to understand that we are talking about criminalizing a behaviour. If a mother ended up in prison one day because she slapped her little girl on the wrist, I wouldn't be very happy that I was someone who voted in favour of this amendment.
I'm still making up my mind on this, Mr. Julian. I really want to look at degree and escalating force with you.
Should all use of force to discipline a child be treated the same way?