TORONTO听–听颁补苍补诲补听丑补蝉听expunged听丑颈蝉迟辞谤颈肠听indecency and anti-abortion听濒补飞蝉听迟补谤驳别迟颈苍驳听飞辞尘别苍听and the听尝骋叠罢蚕听community,听the government said on Tuesday, in a聽criminal justice system reform that will allow people convicted under such offences to clear their records.
罢丑别听repealed听濒补飞蝉听had targeted聽飞辞尘别苍听补苍诲听lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) individuals‘ access to abortion as well as聽迟辞听bathhouses, nightclubs and swinger clubs, considered to be safe spaces for queer communities.
“Canadians deserve non-discriminatory policies that put their safety first,” Marci Ien, Minister for听奥辞尘别苍听and Gender Equality and Youth said in the statement.
She said the government recognizes that past听濒补飞蝉听and regulations were unjust and compromised the freedoms of听尝骋叠罢蚕听communities and听飞辞尘别苍.
By repealing these听濒补飞蝉, people with previous convictions can apply for an expungement order for free under the 2018聽Expungement of听贬颈蝉迟辞谤颈肠ally Unjust Convictions Act,听飞丑颈肠丑听allows for permanent destruction of “historically unjust records of conviction.”
础辫辫濒颈肠补苍迟蝉听will need information regarding the conviction to meet certain criteria. If the person convicted has passed away, a family member or trustee may apply on their behalf.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have used indecency聽濒补飞蝉听to raid gay nightclubs and bathhouses across听颁补苍补诲补,听肠丑补谤驳颈苍驳听customers, employees聽补苍诲听performers. In 1981, some 286 men were charged under these outdated听濒补飞蝉听in Toronto for being at a bawdy house.
The anti-abortion law has been outdated since 1988 when the Supreme Court of聽颁补苍补诲补听named the law unconstitutional. – Reuters
