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La fécondité est en déclin au Canada. Nous tentons d'expliquer ce changement, et d'en dégager les implications pour la formulation de politiques. Nous faisons la critique des études canadiennes récemment publiées sur la question en les situant par rapport à une adaptation du cadre de référence Davis et Blake. Ceci nous permet de formuler des hypothèses relatives à deux niveaux dont la distinction est implicite dans le cadre de référence: (1) le niveau de la structure sociale (variables indépendantes), (2) le niveau des phénomènes qui déterminent plus directement la fécondité (variables "intermédiaires"). Les données disponibles nous permettent de vérifier nos hypothèses. Un problème demeure cependant: le déclin de la fécondité est‐il lié au fait qu'on veut limiter les naissances ou les différer?Fertility is declining in Canada. We attempt to account for this change and to suggest policy implications. We review recent Canadian studies fitting them into an adaptation of the Davis‐Blake framework. This permits the formulation of hypotheses at two levels implicit in the framework: (1) social structural (independent variables); (2) proximate ("intermediate" variables). Hypotheses were tested against available data, but a problem remained: does the decline result from deferring or averting of births?

The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted Recommendation Number (98) 1 titled "Family Mediation in Europe" on January 21, 1998, at the 616th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies. This recommendation focused on the use of mediation in resolving family disputes. After a brief introduction, this article reprints the recommendation. 1

In 2011, significant reforms to Canada's Family Class for immigration began with the freezing of applications for parent and grandparent sponsorship. In May 2013, a package of reforms to the Family Class was proposed, which would impose more stringent conditions for the sponsorship of parents, grandparents, and dependent children under the Family Class. In response, a coalition of civic stakeholders in Ontario mobilized through the "My Canada Includes All Families" campaign to lobby Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) to stop the implementation of these changes. This paper analyzes the package of reforms and explores the impacts that past and proposed reforms might have upon the value of the family unit in Canada. This paper aims to support the "My Canada Includes All Families" campaign by presenting practical research to illustrate the benefits that parents, grandparents, and family reunification have for the Canadian social fabric in terms of social capital. Key words: policy reform, family reunification, social capital, economic rationale, racialization