Scrap Community Safety Act, civil society groups urge Victoria

By Jeremy Hainsworth / Glacier Media
Act lacks the due process that is integral to democracy, advocate says

B.C.’s government should scrap its proposed Community Safety Amendment Act (Bill 13) as it is harmful to marginalized members of society, a coalition of civil society, faith, women’s and aboriginal groups said in a letter May 23. The 15 signatories of the letter to Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth said they were “deeply troubled” by the legislation, which they say would allow neighbours to report suspicions about other neighbours possibly engaged in anti-social or criminal activities, triggering a process that could result in court-ordered evictions.…

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May 25, 2019

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