Western Standard - May 17, 2022


May petitions House to allow for more public nudity

Topics
public nudity petition
Mentioned
James Andrew Potter Elizabeth May
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Length

1 minute

Words per minute

104.62

Word count

191

Sentence count

8


Summary

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A petition has been introduced in the House of Commons calling for the repeal of laws around public nudity in Canada's criminal code. Petition E-3999 was started by James Andrew Potter from North Saanich, B.C., and has received 110 signatures to date.

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00:00:00.000 Green Party leader Elizabeth May introduced a petition in the House of Commons calling for the repeal of laws around public nudity.
00:00:08.100 The petition, started by James Andrew Potter from North Saanich, B.C., addresses Section 174 of the Criminal Code that says it is illegal to be nude in a public place or while exposed to public while on private property.
00:00:22.820 According to the definition included in Section 174, a person is nude who is clad as to offend against public decency or order.
00:00:32.760 Petition E-3999 calls for the House of Commons to repeal the code and insert language into the criminal code specifying that public nudity in and of itself is not indecent, obscene, or a nuisance.
00:00:46.540 Statements in the petition include,
00:01:16.540 a nation composed of citizens of many ethnic origins who value and respect cultural and racial diversity and public nudity per se was not historically an offence at common law nor under the criminal code until 1954.
00:01:39.540 The petition was open for signatures last Wednesday and will be open until September 8th.
00:01:44.540 To date, the petition has received 110 signatures.
00:01:46.540 For the Western Standard, I'm Melanie Rizdin.