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Canadian School Reader, the cover of which portrays a typical scene of childhood innocence, with two children and a puppy peering out the window onto a natural scene.
Smithe, John Merle (author)
http://childrenslit.library.ryerson.ca/items/show/7301
The Copp Clark Publishing Co. Limited
1947
Brown, Audrey M. (illustrator); Salisbury, Margaret (illustrator); Scott, Blanche (illustrator); Stark, W.R. (illustrator); Bice, Clare (illustrator)
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House of Commons Debates - June 8th, 1948
Legal Material
A record of the discussions held by the House of Commons in 1948 regarding the distribution of comics in Canada. Fulton argues that there is a link between delinquent behavior in children and several comic titles.
http://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC2004_05/1?r=0&s=1
Dominion of Canada Official Report of the Debates House of Commons
4 June 1948
Hansard, Public Domain
PDF
Legal Material
Statutes Chapter 13 - 1949
Legal material
Outlines the 1949 amendment to the Canadian Criminal Code, addressing the publication and distribution of obscene and offensive material.
Canadian Statutes Chapter 15
1949
PDF
Legal Material
Martin's Criminal Code, Part IV Section 150 - 1955
Legal material
Addresses the Canadian Criminal Code in regards to publication and distribution of crime comics, and other obscene materials.
Martin's Criminal Code Part IV
1955
PDF
Legal Material
Criminal Code, Part V 163-172 - 2014
Legal material
Sections 163-172 of the Criminal Code of Canada, which covers the creation, publication, and distribution of crime comics, as well as materials which may present sexual or violent subjects to children.
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/
Criminal Code of Canada
2014
Public Domain
PDF
Legal Material
Bill 10 (21-1) - September 28th, 1949
Legal material
Known as the 'Fulton Bill,' after E.D. Fulton, member from Kamloops. Includes amendment to Subsection one of section two hundred and seven of the Criminal Code, to address printed materials that induce young people to act violently or immorally.
Library of Parliament
Edmond Cloutier
28 September 1949
PDF
Legal Material
Senate of Canada Debates - December 7th, 1949
Legal material
Third reading of Bill No. 10.
http://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_SOC2101_01/1?r=0&s=1
Library of Parliament
7 December 1949
ed. H. H. Emerson
Public Domain
PDF
Hansard
Senate of Canada Debates - December 6th, 1949
Legal material
Second reading of Bill No. 10.
http://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_SOC2101_01/1?r=0&s=1
Library of Parliament
6 December 1949
ed. H. H. Emerson
Public Domain
PDF
Hansard
Senate of Canada Debates - December 5th, 1949
Legal material
First reading of Bill No. 10, to amend the Criminal Code.
http://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_SOC2101_01/1?r=0&s=1
Library of Parliament
5 December 1949
ed. H. H. Emerson
Public Domain
PDF
Hansard
House of Commons Debates - February 8th, 1954
Legal material
Presentation of statistics regarding the number of prosecutions launched under section 207 of the Criminal Code since 1949.
http://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC2201_01/1?r=0&s=1
Library of Parliament
8 February 1954
Public Domain
PDF
Hansard