By Barb Cotton and Christine Silverberg ( July 15, 2021, 12:07 PM EDT) -- There has long been activism seeking to enhance the right of grandparents to have access to their grandchildren in the event one or more of the parents denies them such rights. Thus, for example, (as noted in Kristen Douglas, Divorce Law in Canada), in 1995, a private member’s bill introduced by Reform MP Daphne Jennings, which would have amended the Divorce Act to enhance grandparents’ rights, was studied and defeated by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs....