Bare facts about Sask. topless laws
Three Ontario sisters are preparing to bare it all this weekend in a topless rally as they fight to bring awareness to the right of women to go shirtless in the province.
But would they have the same right to go topless in Saskatchewan? Maybe.
Acts of indecency are illegal according to the Canadian Criminal Code, but aside from exposing genitalia for “a sexual purpose” to a person younger than 16 years, the code does not define what indecent means. In the past, judges have ruled nude sunbathing, swimming and streaking are not indecent, hence why residents can go to Paradise (Bare Ass) Beach, 20 kilometers south of Saskatoon, without legal worry.
University of Saskatchewan law professor Ken Norman said no woman would be found guilty under the criminal code if they were just minding their own business.
“The issue of whether something can said to be improper by the law, is determined by the question of ‘so where is the harm?” Norman said.