The fallout from a 2011 Edmonton sexual assault case has come before the Supreme Court of Canada.
The country’s top court has been asked to consider striking down two sections of Canada’s sex offender laws as unconstitutional.
In 2011, the Stephen Harper government altered the Criminal Code so the names of sex offenders would automatically be placed on the sex offender registry.
The changes meant judges no longer had discretion on whether to submit names of sex offenders to the registry. It also mandated that anyone convicted of two sex offences or more would automatically be placed on the registry for life.
On Tuesday
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