US EditionGood God: Saanich Bylaw Banning Blasphemy Captures National Attention
- The Canadian Constitution Foundation awarded its inaugural Municipal Muzzle Award, highlighting municipal bylaws that limit free expression, including an honourable mention for a 1997 bylaw in Saanich.
- Saanich's Park Management and Control Bylaw prohibits blasphemous language in parks, but enforcement is deemed impossible.
- Teale Phelps-Bondaroff stated that the term 'blasphemy' is outdated and believes it should not be part of municipal laws.
- Phelps-Bondaroff emphasized the need for public spaces to be welcoming and recognized that the bylaw is unconstitutional and subjective.
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Sooke News MirrorMunicipal Muzzle Awards cite 1997 bylaw banning blasphemous language at parks and beaches
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