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Having concrete proof of adultery was once the only way to get a divorce in Canada. That meant a detective's photograph of a cheating husband. Or witnesses in a dirty motel room. Then in 1968, a new divorce law gave couples trapped in bad marriages an easy way out. The law started a divorce trend that continues to this day, in a time when it's so simple to break the knot, you can even do it online.
Program: As It Happens
Broadcast Date: Dec. 18, 1975
Guest(s): Peter Lindeman
Host: Barbara Frum, Alan Maitland
Duration: 4:12
Last updated: January 24, 2013
Page consulted on January 24, 2013
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