Feds should not be allowed to hide behind NDAs

Canada ought to be the first jurisdiction not only to ban non-disclosure agreements outright, but also to release victims from any existing NDA restrictions.

Canada is one of the few major jurisdictions that has not moved to end the harm of forced silencing in sexual misconduct settlements, writes Kathleen Finlay. Pexels photograph by Kat Smith

Opinion

BY KATHLEEN FINLAY

January 25, 2023

Sexual misconduct scandals at Hockey Canada, along with the catalogue of horrors and failures documented in the report on the Canadian military by former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour, have again cast a bright light on the culture of fear and silence that perpetuates g...

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