CANADA
The Chronicle Herald
Nova Scotia’s justice minister said she intends to amend legislation to allow victims of historic sexual crimes to launch civil lawsuits against their abusers.
Lena Diab told reporters in Halifax Thursday she intends to amend last fall’s Limitation of Actions Act in the upcoming spring session.
“It will deal with passing retroactive legislation with respect to sexual assault,” Diab said. “What the legislation will mean is that victims of sexual assault, regardless of when it happened … can launch a civil claims suit.”
The act, previously amended in November, removed time limitations on sexual assault victims’ ability to sue, but not retroactively.
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