Section 293 of the Criminal Code of Canada Explicitly Bans

question 15

Essay

Section 293 of the Criminal Code of Canada explicitly bans polygamy and threatens offenders with a five-year prison term.Since marriage has already been legally redefined to include same-sex unions to meet equality provisions of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms,some argue that the ban on polygamy is most likely to offend the constitutional guarantee of "liberty"-the right to make key personal choices.What do you think? Should polygamy remain a criminal offence,or is polygamy between consenting adults nothing more than cohabitation? Discuss and substantiate your point of view using concepts and information learned in this chapter.

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Definitions:

Mutually Exclusive

A condition in which the occurrence of one event or situation precludes the occurrence of another.

Compatible Events

Events in probability theory that can occur at the same time.

Mutually Exclusive

Describes a condition in probability and statistics where two events cannot occur at the same time; the occurrence of one event excludes the possibility of the other event occurring.

Disjunction

A logical operation expressing that at least one of the connected statements is true; often symbolized with "or" in formal logic.