On the same day, the current justice minister introduced legislation to scrub the Criminal Code of the last remnant of Canada’s restrictions on abortion. As part of a larger effort to rid the Criminal Code of so-called “zombie laws”, i.e. The act of removing the abortion section of the Criminal Code 30 years after it was struck down is essentially symbolic. There is a reason why successive Conservative and Liberal prime ministers steered clear of asking Parliament to scrub the Criminal Code of the inoperative section. The Conservatives have yet to take an official position on the government’s plan to clean up the Criminal Code, but it predictably stands to divide them.

Source: thestar March 10, 2017 19:52 UTC