The Canadian Jewish Congress submitted today a brief to a Parliamentary committee criticizing the fact that most Canadian laws permit divorces only for adultery and suggesting that the laws be broadened.
The statement submitted to the Senate and House of Commons said that the goal of such legislation should be “the creation of a sound and sensible divorce law designed for the prime purpose of saving a marriage, where there is hope that it can be saved, or other-wise dissolving it with the least possible turmoil, with the fewest obstacles and with the least expense.”
The Congress also said that there should be conciliation procedures written into law which should include consideration of the need for a religious divorce where partners, or one partner, observes religious laws requiring such divorces. The statement noted that Jewish religious law requires religious divorces.
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