Banning use of NDAs in sexual assault matters not a priority for N.S. government
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The Nova Scotia NDP introduced similar legislation last spring, but failed to receive the necessary support of the government to move it through the legislative process. At the time, Johns said his department was in the preliminary stages of evaluating the situation.
NDP Leader Claudia Chender said on Friday that the government should support her party's bill or bring forward a version of its own this session.
"We've heard lots of stories — heartbreaking stories — of people who are unable to pursue justice because they are bound by agreements with people who have a lot of power and a lot of interest in keeping them quiet," she said.
"This is an idea whose time has long since come and we can be a leader or we can be a laggard."
Chender said her party's proposed ban would not apply to the use of NDAs in legitimate business situations, such as with trade secrets or copyright.
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