En avril 1994, lors de sa comparution devant le comité de la justice et des questions juridiques, pour discuter du budget des dépenses principal, le ministre de la Justice a affirmé que son ministère, de pair avec d'autres ministères fédéraux et les associations de femmes, examinait la question du recours à la force pour châtier les enfants, la punition corporelle.
When he appeared before the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs in April 1994 to discuss the Main Estimates, the Minister of Justice stated that his department, together with other federal departments and women's associations, was looking at the issue of children and corporal punishment, that is to say, the use of force to punish children.