SOSC 2350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Equal Protection Clause, Victim Blaming, Social Psychology Quarterly
22 Mar 2018
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The safe streets act (1999) is a statute established in ontario, canada. The safe streets act prohibits aggressive solicitation of persons in certain public places and the disposal of dangerous things in certain public places. This act was established i(cid:374) (cid:1005)999 (cid:271)(cid:455) mike ha(cid:396)(cid:396)is(cid:859)s (cid:272)o(cid:374)se(cid:396)(cid:448)ati(cid:448)e government. The safe streets act (1999) criminalizes homelessness and any activities attached to vagrancy. The act bans activities of (cid:858)squeeging(cid:859) (the act of cleaning windows), busking for profit and any interaction involving an individual approaching another for money or item. It is argued that this act beholds an underlying political purpose to systematically remove and push the homeless population out of sight. This statute is controversial as it disallows the homeless to carry out their lifestyles daily functions to give them chance of survival. The ssa act forbids these life-essential actions for survival which can prove to be an infringement on the charter rights & freedoms.
