Show threadSenator Paula Simons🇨🇦Jun 18, 2023
I have drafted an amendment to address this flaw in Bill S-12. I hope to present it at Committee on Monday night. The government is proposing an amendment of its own - but one, I feel, which could have unintended consequences of its own and criminalize private correspondence and communication. I hope we can find a workable compromise. #SenateofCanada #BillS12 #S12 #lcjc #publicationbans #rapeshield #Canada
Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦Jun 18, 2023
On Monday, the Senate Legal Committee will proceed to clause by clause debate on Bill S-12. One of the bill’s stated intents is to give sexual assault victims more power to challenge publication bans on their own identity. BUT the wording of the act may impose tough new limits on journalists & libraries. I raised this attack on press freedom at committee last week: https://youtu.be/SIMtk6paU44 #BillS12 #S12 #SenateofCanada #rapeshield #publicationbans #Canada #lcjc #yeg #CBC #Edmonton
LCJC: Retroactive publication bans and Canada's free press

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