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| successor1 = ''Riding abolished''
| constituency1 = [[London Centre]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|03|26}}
| birth_place = [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]], Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|10|11|1946|03|26}}
| residence = [[London, Ontario]], Canada
| party = [[Ontario New Democratic Party|New Democrat]]
| occupation = Mediator
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'''Phyllis Marion Boyd''' (born March 26, 1946{{spnd}}October 11, 2022) iswas a formerCanadian politician in [[Ontario]], Canada. She was a [[Ontario New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] from 1990 to 1999 who represented the [[electoral district (Canada)|riding]] of [[London Centre]]. She served as a member of cabinet in the government of [[Bob Rae]]. She works as a consultant and mediator.
 
==Background==
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==After politics==
In 2000, sheBoyd was appointed as chair to the ''Task Force on the Health Effects of Woman Abuse'' in 2000. It was convened in response to the problem of domestic violence against women.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Abuse against women a public health issue: MD|last=Swanson|first=Lynne|journal=Canadian Medical Association Journal|volume=162|issue=6|date=March 21, 2000|page=848}}</ref> Later that year the task force produced a report with 29 recommendations. The key conclusion was that doctors should begin screening female patients as young as 12 years old for signs of abuse.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Task force recommends screening females for abuse beginning at age 12|last=Swanson|first=Lynne|journal=Canadian Medical Association Journal|volume=163|issue=11|date=November 28, 2000|page=1492}}</ref>
 
In December 2003, it came to light that religious tribunals had some legal basis under the Arbitration Act. Some argued that this interpretation allowed for Muslim [[Sharia]] law to be applied in settling family disputes.<ref name="CWS2006">{{cite journal|title=Arbitration and Family Laws: Muslim Women Campaign to Eliminate the Use of Religious Laws in Legally-Binding Arbitration|last=Hogben|first=Alia|journal=Canadian Woman Studies|volume=25|issue=Summer 2006|pages=133–136}}</ref> In the spring of 2004, the issue flared up even more with some claiming that the use of Sharia law tribunals was infringing on the rights of Muslim women.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ontario sharia tribunals assailed; Women fighting use of Islamic law But backers say rights protected|last=Hurst|first=Lynda|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=May 22, 2004|page=A1}}</ref> In the summer of 2004, Premier [[Dalton McGuinty]] asked Boyd to investigate the issue.
 
In December 2004, sheBoyd released a report that found no evidence of complaints with regards to faith-based arbitration. She concluded that no changes to the act were needed with respect to religious tribunals. She made 46 recommendations for changes to the Arbitration Act primarily dealing with arbitrator training and clarifying the roles and responsibilities of tribunals.<ref name="CWS2006"/> In 2005, in response to public opinion, McGuinty ignored Boyd's main conclusion and tabled changes to the act under the ''Family Statute Law Amendment Act''.
 
While incorporating many of Boyd's recommendations, the act specifically removed any legal status for the arbitration of custodial and marital disputes by religious tribunals.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sharia, pensions, health care on MPPs' agenda|first=Ian|last=Urquhart|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=February 11, 2006|page=F5}}</ref> The act mandated that all family law arbitrations in Ontario be conducted only in accordance with Canadian law.<ref>{{cite news|title=McGuinty Government Modernizes Provincial Laws|publisher=Canada NewsWire|location=Ottawa|date=June 22, 2006}}</ref> Some critics argued that this was a missed opportunity to incorporate aspects of Islamic law into the Canadian judicial system.<ref>{{cite journal |ssrn=1749046|title=The Myth and Reality of 'Shari'a' Courts in Canada: A Delayed Opportunity for the Indigenization of Islamic Legal Rulings |url=http://ir.stthomas.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1235&context=ustlj |journal=University of St. Thomas Law Journal |volume=7 |issue=3 |page=559 |last=Kutty|first=Faisal}}</ref>
 
Boyd died on October 11, 2022, in [[Inverhuron, Ontario]].<ref name=Needles>{{cite news|title=Former London MPP and Ontario Attorney General Marion Boyd dies at 76|url=https://blackburnnews.com/london/london-news/2022/10/14/former-london-mpp-ontario-attorney-general-marion-boyd-dies-76/|first=Craig|last=Needles|date=October 14, 2022|accessdate=October 14, 2022|publisher=Blackburn News}}</ref> She was 76 years old.<ref name="CBC obit">{{cite news|title=Former Ontario attorney general Marion Boyd dead at 76|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/former-ontario-attorney-general-marion-boyd-dead-at-76-1.6617314|date=October 14, 2022|accessdate=October 14, 2022|publisher=CBC News}}</ref><ref name=Richmond>{{cite news|title='Giant killer' Marion Boyd remembered for advocacy for same-sex rights, women|url=https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/giant-killer-marion-boyd-remembered-for-advocacy-for-same-sex-rights-women|first=Randy|last=Richmond|date=October 14, 2022|access-date=October 14, 2022|newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator}}</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
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