Marriage

We suggest:

• Marriage is a key institution that seeks to integrate sex, parenthood, economic cooperation, and emotional intimacy into a permanent union.
• Healthy and stable marriages and families are both a private and a public good.
• Canadians should understand, value, and promote healthy and stable marriages and families.
• We recognize and study Canada’s diversity of family structures.
• We recognize that family membership and relationships are a defining feature of the lives of most Canadians.