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This article analyses child abandonment from a comparative law perspective. Various interpretations given to the juridical notion of abandonment are considered as well as elements of the legal systems of Québec, Ontario and France that relate to measures for the protection of the abandoned child. Three different legal contexts are examined: child protection legislation, parental authority, and declarations of abandonment. Family intervention mechanisms are addressed through a comparison of specific laws in Canada and the education assistance system in France. Deprivation of parental authority as a supplementary measure for child protection is then examined. Finally, our discussion provides a contextual study of measures permitting an abandoned child to be adopted. This analysis demonstrates that in this area of law Québec has a hybrid system, containing mechanisms and interpretations which are drawn from the common law tradition, along with others that are purely civil in nature.
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This study first analyzes the legal status of the Gulf of St-Lawrence in international law focusing on the straight baselines method and the theory of maritime historic titles.Secondly, the status of the Gulf in Canadian internal law is considered, in particular in light of the relevant Canadian legislation. Afterwards, it will be seen if, in Canada, a Crown prerogative of territorial delimitation exists in the light of judicial precedents. This question leads to a discussion of the value given by our courts to executive certificates issued under the above-mentioned prerogative in the absence of specific legislation on the Gulf.This study owes its structure to the decision of judge Yvon Mercier in R. v. Paul Frank Watson.
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ABSTRACTThe history of war focuses on soldiers. What about those they leave behind? From the moment war began in 1914, Montrealers recognized the plight of families of poorly-paid French, Belgian and British reservists and, later, of Canada's own soldiers. Montreal's Patriotic Fund inherited an old charity tradition. Leaders like Herbert Ames, Helen Reid and Raoul Dandurand made it both the model and the major source of funds for similar organizations across Canada. Meanwhile, the internal organization of the Montreal branch reflected the evolving relationship between the city's anglophone and francophone elites, the growth of professionalism in social work and the limits of voluntarism in supporting the costs of war. The three fundraising appeals by the Montreal Branch provide a surprising snapshot of French- English relations at three different phases of the war.