Today the Ontario provincial government announced
the Police Record Checks Reform Act.
Record checks can be necessary for employment or volunteer work, and in 2015, the province passed
the Police Record Checks Reform Act.
Recently, the Ontario government passed
the Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015, which will limit the disclosure of non-conviction information.
A new law,
the Police Record Checks Reform Act will prevent discrimination on the basis of records that did not result in conviction in Ontario.
Ontario's Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, Yasir Naqvi, presented Bill 113,
the Police Record Checks Reform Act, into the provincial legislature this week.
On December 3, 2015, the Ontario Legislature's Bill 113,
the Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015, (the «Act») received Royal Assent.