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Information Officer, Brett McClelland at Home Office (519) 661-0190 ext 305 or mobile(519) 857-4488.Under the new (pending) Bill 37, Child Pornography Reporting Act 2008, while there is noobligation to look for child pornography, individuals will have liability for failing to report anysuch representation or material which is discovered. Failure to report will result in apotential fine of up to $50,000, imprisonment for up to 2 years, or both.No person with an obligation to report can rely on anyone else to make the report. As aresult, if suspected child pornography is discovered in a workplace, every individual wholearns of it has an independent obligation to report. Provisions in the legislation also makeit an offence for an employer to impose any negative consequence against an individualwho makes such a report._____________________________________________________________________________Child Pornography DefinedThe Canadian Criminal Code defines child pornography as pictures, films, videos or othervisual representations that show persons under the age of 18 engaged in sexually explicitactivities. These images can also be considered pornographic if they show the sexualorgans or the anal region of a person under 18 for expressly sexual purposes.Child pornography can also include written or audio material that describes or recordssexual activity with a person under the age of 18. It is an offence to possess, create,advertise or distribute any material that meets this definition of child pornography.It is also illegal to counsel or encourage illegal sexual activity with someone under the ageof 18. Illegal sexual activity could include anal sex, sex with a person of authority, or sexfor the purposes of prostitution._____________________________________________________________________________The Canadian Criminal CodeSection 163 of the Criminal Code creates a number of offences in relation to thefabrication and distribution of “obscene” publications, or to possessing them for thepurpose of distribution. It is also an offence to mail obscene matter, or to give an “immoral,indecent or obscene” theatrical performance. These offences may be punished onsummary conviction or by indictment, with up to 2 years’ imprisonment where the lattercourse is chosen. There is also provision for the seizure and forfeiture of obscenematerials.Central to these prohibitions is the elaboration of what is obscene in section 163(8):For the purposes of this Act, any publication a dominant characteristic of which is theundue exploitation of sex, or of sex and any one or more of the following subjects, namely,crime, horror, cruelty and violence, shall be deemed to be obscene.Section 163.1 of the Criminal Code was enacted in 1993. It prohibits the production,distribution and sale of “child pornography,” and also makes it an offence to possess suchmaterial.________________________________________________________________________Our children are precious and vulnerable and must be protected by the community as awhole; please do your part to ensure their safety.Conflict of Interest[back to top]Associates must refrain from all Conflicts of Interest. If an associate becomes aware of, orbecomes involved in, a Conflict of Interest, he or she must immediately disclose suchConflict of Interest to his or her manager._________________________________________________________________________Outside ActivitiesWhile employed by GoodLife, associates must not, without prior written consent ofGoodLife, directly or indirectly, as principal, agent, shareholder, partner, associate or inConfidential and Proprietary Information of Goodlife Fitness Clubs | V14 July 2009 67