Quebec planning bill to combat non-consensual intimate image sharing [Video]

Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barette announced on Wednesday evening, in a highly original move, that the Quebec government was preparing to legislate on the sharing of intimate images without consent.

In a video posted on the Minister of Justice’s social networks, a text message appears saying, “A little glimpse of my evening last night ;),” followed by a blurred image of a person appearing to be naked, over which the text gradually appears: “1 in 5 teenagers has already received an intimate image of someone who did not consent.”

Jolin-Barette then appears on video to announce that the CAQ government intends to tackle the problem as early as Thursday, describing the sharing of intimate images without consent as a scourge.

“It could be your daughter, your son, your sister. It only takes a text message to break someone,” the minister says in the video.

Jolin-Barette will table a bill on Thursday.

The bill is entitled An Act to …