Overview
- Municipal Affairs Minister Dan Williams introduced the bill Thursday, proposing staff-controlled access or separate areas for any visual depictions of sex.
- The government says the plan is not a book ban and is meant to keep children safe in a shared public space.
- The measure targets access for those 15 and under, with Williams saying such items would sit behind a counter where kids cannot find them.
- Libraries would keep the titles in their collections, but staff would manage who can view materials that contain graphic sexual images.
- Opposition NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi mocked the plan as creating “library inspectors” and argued it dictates what people read.