Canada's Law on Sexual Assault

Canadian Policy Hate crimes can consist of discrimination, public hate propaganda, or be as violent as assault and murder ("Understanding Hate/ Bias Crime and Incidents"). The laws do not punish opinions or speech but are based purely on criminal actions (An Introduction to Hate Crime Laws, n.d). ... Hate crimes are triggered by an individual's or group's race, national or ethnic origin, language, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability. ... Chart 5- Race/ ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation are the three most reported hate crimes (Al...

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Nowadays, discrimination on the basis of race, religion, and most importantly sex are strictly prohibited by both law and frowned upon by social customs. ... Proportionally, men are vastly more likely to be wrongly convicted of sexual assault than women. ... In this case the accused was charged with Sexual Assault. ... There was another factor, which is a trend in sexual assault cases today that contribute to the wrongful conviction of men in sexual assault cases. ... Women, knowing that they are more likely to be believed in a sexual assault case, are using this fact to make wrong acc...

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Ever since the Charter came into effect in 1982, it has had major impact on Canadian politics and law. ... Daviault Case was about a man who sexually assaulted a partial paralyzed woman and used the defense of heavy intoxication for his assault. ... It may not be admitted to negate the mens rea of offences of general intent, including the offence of sexual assault. ... Within 6 months of the ruling 5 men were acquitted that were charged with sexual assault or assault using the heavy intoxication defence (Maclvor 144). ... Therefore, we can see through the cases presented the impact the Canad...

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The statistics in Canada vary due to the fact 4/10 women who suffer sexual harassment actually take formal action. ... In Canada the government is also paying up millions of dollars in sexual harassment cases and it should rather be lowering the number of women harassed in workplaces. Canadian women are supported as this illegal discrimination is covered by the Canadian Human Rights Act, Canadian Labour Code as well as by provincial and local ordinances. ... 'Criminal law covers sexual harassment under a variety of categories of crime against bodily integrity such as rape, indecent assa...

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Exchange of money for sexual service. ... Physical assault, sexual assault, theft, sexually transmitted disease and murder are just few health risks prostitutes take on a daily basis when going out to these places with clients. ... Laws in Canada are made very un-clear. ... In Canada, it is illegal for women to attempt to stop moving cars, stopping the regular flow of the pedestrians, or making an attempt to communicate with others with the offer of sexual services. ... Any form of communication to the public about sexual services. 4.) ...

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There have been two major legal cases in Canada that have dealt with censorship laws of obscene materials, and have been the reasoning for the current legislation placed on so-called "degrading- materials. ... For example, Singapore has strict laws on and restrictions on pornography, but also has experienced a greater increase of rape rates, while Sweden, with liberalized obscenity laws, has had a decrease in sexual assaults. ... Patients who are involved in sexually deviant behaviours that may result in breaking the law, such as pedophilia, are put through aversion therapy. ... Anti-censor...

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Sexual abuse is defined as the involvement of dependent, developmentally immature children in sexual activities that they do not fully comprehend and therefore to which they are unable to give informed consent. It consists of any misuse of a child for sexual pleasure or gratification. ... Most provincial and territorial child welfare laws require those (including professionals and members of the public) who suspect that a child is being maltreated to make a report to the appropriate child welfare authority to determine if a child is in need of protection. ... Criminal sanctions may also apply...

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Gun Control in Canada Gun Control is an important issue to Canadians in today's society. ... Prior to 1892 all that was needed in Canada to avoid a six-month jail sentence was a reasonable cause to fear assault against life or property. ... This was the strictest gun control law to date in Canada, until Justice Minister Allan Rock and the Chretien government introduced Bill C-68 in 1995. ... Kidnapping, sexual assault, and murder where firearms had been used are a few examples of these crimes. ... Citizens in the western provinces and rural areas in Canada...

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Those countries are Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden and the United States. The other countries cover this issue under laws of wrongful dismissal, tort law or criminal law. There are four types of laws that can apply to sexual harassment in the workplace. ... Australia, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the U.S. have equal employment opportunity laws. ... France is the only country that has a criminal law related to sexual harassment, although some criminal laws in other countries may apply to extreme cases such as assault or indecent...

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