TIL that Canada has an Apology Act which states that saying "sorry" is not an admission of guilt.
Liability and apology: Canada’s Apology Act explained
why would it be; it just means "i feel bad". which you could say for things you did but also it should be allowed to feel bad for things you didn't cause yourself.
"we had to evacuate because of the wildfire"
"oh, I'm sorry"
"I knew it you son of a bitch"
Every single time I tell my bf I'm sorry about something bad that happened to him, his response is, "Why? You didn't do it."
For anyone having trouble understanding the difference between "I'm sorry" and "I apologize," think of how it would be taken at a funeral.
"I'm sorry for your loss"
It depends on the context, don't you think?
I don't think anyone will assume you started the fire just because you're sorry someone had to evacuate.
But let's say you're out in public, there's people all over, you bump into someone, or someone bumps into you, you're not sure, but either way, they fall down and injure themselves. Thanks to this, you can say "I'm sorry" without having a lawyer argue that you accepted guilt for the incident just because you said you're sorry.
The article says they came up with this in 2007. The, in 2008 this happened... 🤔
"My bad bro."
Your bad!
that's pretty funny. the culture is acknowledged by law
I had the opposite TIL when I learned other cultures only apologize for wrong doings and not as a sign of sympathy.
Prior to this law, millions of people were arrested at funerals.
Police have to pick between arresting the doctor or people paying their last visit. It's horrible.
Interesting that it doesn't apply to criminal cases, just civil ones, and in PEI, only to civil healthcare or defamation cases, nothing else.
I imagine, healthcare case comes from when a medic announces bad news and tries to express compassion only to get sued because obviously that's the correct person to blame
Fuck the police
Are we going full gang bang?
The fact that this was necessary is so stupid
Yup. It was necessary because of the lawsuits from our former "neighbors" down south. We tried to stop that shit from coming up here but here we are. Get fucked America (not directed at you op, sorry)
Since I'm Canadian and live in a major city that gets very busy I can kinda understand it. I do it myself. bump into someone or do the side walk shuffle and I said sorry even though it's not my fault. Like someone will bump into me and I'll say sorry.
I understand saying sorry. I don't understand it being legally binding anywhere in the world.
Law is like that.
Sorry.
Can I invoke this during family arguments over the holidays?
Legally you're allowed to use "I'm sorry you feel that way"
So I can pummel a home invader while saying sorry and I'm OK?
No, it just avoids the typical Murican scene where a person can't even say they feel sorry for others as that may land them on the shitty end of a lawsuit
But how will you have justice if you dont let people withthe means to access the apparatus of dtate violence use it to lash out at random strangers?
“I’m so sorry for your loss”
“Murderer!!!”