Protect Kids, Not Abuse: Stop Bill C‑223 and Parental Alienation Denial

Goal of this update:
Make clear why Bill C‑223 is bad for children, bad for good parents, and why denying the existence of parental alienation is abusive and discriminatory in itself.
It creates harm, not safety. It allows manipulation to grow, nothing relating to a child's best interest.

Children are not calendars. They are people.
Normalizing split homes as if a child’s life should revolve around a schedule is not neutral. It is unnatural for a child to be forced into managing two households, two sets of rules, and constant transitions. A child did not ask for this. A child deserves adults who love them unconditionally and act like adults, not immature clowns. Using children as tools, weapons, a paycheck, or a means of control is wrong, immoral, corrupt.

Question to ask those/yourself who engage in or enable this form of corruption a child's mind

As a parent, ask yourself: are you doing what is best for your child, or what is best for you? Are you sure you are not being selfish, wanting control, wanting the power to be “in charge”?
Is that good and safe parenting?

What would your own parents and family say or think if they really knew what you are doing? 
Is it morally intact to use your child as a weapon to harm your ex‑partner?
In what way is that good for your/a child?

Parental alienation is child abuse. Full stop.
Manipulating a child to reject their other parent is child abuse. There is no other way to put this. By doing that, you are abusing your child psychologically and emotionally. This can affect them for the rest of their life. Why would you want to do this to your own child?

Are you dragging your own child through your unresolved trauma? Could that be the culprit?

This update is asking parents and caregivers, family,  to look in the mirror. It is also asking people with children in their lives to understand how deeply hurtful and harmful parental alienation is for children and youth.

This is not about denying that abusive parents exist
We all know abusive parents unfortunately exist. There are good people in the world and bad people in the world. Mothers or fathers.

As a society we cannot make wide, ambiguous claims that by default a parent is inherently bad. That is discriminatory and biased. Without undeniable proof and evidence, a child has every right to see both parents. History and context is imperative. 

This is also why professionals have to be educated and trained in recognizing coercion and manipulation.

A child in an alienation situation is not speaking as their authentic self

A child caught in parental alienation is not free to speak their truth.
It is very much like a hostage situation.
The child is in survival mode.
 
With fear of being punished for not speaking ill of the targeted parent, a child will not be able to express love and desire to be with both parents, because they will face retaliation.

These are well‑known facts, documented and reported by many professionals, experts, and parents.

The law already requires a child‑focused approach
In British Columbia, the Family Law Act requires that parenting decisions be based only on the child’s best interests, including the child’s emotional well‑being, relationships with parents, need for stability, and the impact of any family violence. Section 37 makes clear that the child’s interests come first, not the parents.

Call to action
Stop this abuse now.
Sign this petition. Share it.
Stop Bill C‑223.

Petition: “Parental Alienation Is Child Abuse, don’t Let Bill C‑223 Silence Families”

Resources: Gene C. Colman Family Law Centre – Bill C‑223 Resources: https://www.complexfamilylaw.com/bill-c-223-resources

Parliament info: Bill C‑223 (45‑1) – LEGISinfo: https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/45-1/c-223