• The privacy rights of parents to instruct and raise their children as they see fit, and in a safe manner, are being co-opted by the tactics of anti-abortion groups without permission or warning. [...] However, if your City has a bylaw prohibiting the delivery of unwanted flyers, such as London, Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa, and Halifax, that will give the City the power to take action against the anti-choice group. [...] Don’ts We recommend you don’t talk to the anti-choice demonstrators holding the signs or the volunteers delivering the flyers. [...] In addition, cities and municipalities have the authority to pass bylaws to keep the peace, maintain a safe and welcoming community or transit system, prevent nuisance or indecency, protect private property, limit certain signage in public, ensure traffic safety, and so on. [...] Calgary has already passed three bylaws in direct response to anti-choice graphic images – one to prohibit large signage outside schools, one to prohibit the delivery of unwanted flyers to homes, and one to prohibit the hanging of banners from highway overpasses.
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