A bill introduced in the Senate in the spring is taking inspiration from a law enacted on P.E.I. last year.
The Senate bill introduced by Sen. Marilou McPhedran — the Can’t Buy Silence Act — would limit the use of non-disclosure agreements to quiet victims of harassment and sexual misconduct, and it contains key similarities with the P.E.I. legislation.
“The P.E.I. bill is really good, and I really commend [former MLA] Lynne Lund for her leadership on this but also the entire legislature for being the very first in Canada,” said McPhedran.
P.E.I.’s Legislative Assembly unanimously approved legislation designed to prevent non-disclosure agreements from being abused in order to silence victims of harassment and discrimination in 2021.
