New bill imposes $25,000 fines for LGBTQ threats within designated safe zones in Ontario.

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The Schedule enacts the 2SLGBTQI+ Community Safety Zones Act, 2023. The Act provides that the Attorney General
may designate 2SLGBTQI+ community safety zones. The Act prohibits persons from performing an act of
intimidation within 100 metres of the boundary of a property that is designated as a 2SLGBTQI+ community safety
zone.
Every person who contravenes the prohibition is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of not more
than $25,000.

https://www.ola.org/sites/default/files/node-files/bill/document/pdf/2023/2023-04/b094_e.pdf

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