The Liberal Government of Canada is committed to repeal Section 43 of the Criminal Code, also called as the Spanking Law, which states that parents are allowed to use reasonable force to discipline their children.
It was an agreement born from a fear of failure, delivered by the smoothness of French diplomacy. Six years earlier, countries had bitterly walked away from global climate talks in Copenhagen without a deal.
Gunfire and explosions shook the Paris suburb of St. Denis early on Wednesday when French police raided an apartment where a Belgian Islamist militant suspected of masterminding last week's attacks in the French capital was possibly holed up.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said on Monday he would open a national debate to review the country's marijuana laws ahead of a key United Nations meeting next year, following a landmark court ruling.
