Ban the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements - Members Statement

CLAUDIA CHENDER : Speaker, I rise today for what me the dozenth time in this House to call for the end of the use of non-disclosure agreements.

Many of the people in the gallery today have been advocating for this for close to a decade. The first conversations that I had on this topic were between former MLA Karla McFarlane and me. This extended to many other members of many other parties, including independents, and it seems that everyone but this government can agree that non-disclosure agreements are harmful and damaging. They allow perpetrators to continue to perpetrate violence, harm, and harassment against survivors - most of whom are women - and they need to be stopped. These agreements have been legislated out of existence in jurisdictions around the world and it's time for Nova Scotia to act.