<P> In 2004 , the Supreme Court of Canada outlawed corporal punishment in all schools , public or private . The practice itself had largely been abandoned in the 1970s when parents placed greater scrutiny on the treatment of children at school . The subject received extensive media coverage , and corporal punishment became obsolete as the practice was widely seen as degrading and inhumane . Despite the fact that the tradition had been forgone for nearly 30 years , legislation banning the practice entirely by law was not implemented until 2004 . </P>
<P> In 2004 , the Supreme Court of Canada outlawed corporal punishment in all schools , public or private . The practice itself had largely been abandoned in the 1970s when parents placed greater scrutiny on the treatment of children at school . The subject received extensive media coverage , and corporal punishment became obsolete as the practice was widely seen as degrading and inhumane . Despite the fact that the tradition had been forgone for nearly 30 years , legislation banning the practice entirely by law was not implemented until 2004 . </P>
when was the strap banned in ontario schools
when was the strap banned in ontario schools
2004
2004