{"id":289,"date":"2021-01-06T13:42:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T13:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asicbc.ca\/?page_id=289"},"modified":"2021-01-20T14:50:45","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T14:50:45","slug":"legislation-pertaining-to-guide-dog-access-saskatchewan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/asicbc.ca\/index.php\/resources-from-a-z\/guide-dogs\/legislation-pertaining-to-guide-dog-access-saskatchewan\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislation Pertaining to Guide Dog Access &#8211; Saskatchewan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saskatchewan does not have a separate Act regarding Service Animals but they are covered by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov.sk.ca\/Saskatchewan-Human-Rights-Code\">Saskatchewan human rights Code<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Guide and assistance dog users of Saskatchewan (and visitors to the Province) are afforded access rights as per the Code mentioned above. Additional protection against interference and\/or attacks on service animals is provided bythe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publications.gov.sk.ca\/details.cfm?p=375\">Animal Protection Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Frequently, the negotiated settlement of a human rights complaint will incorporate policies and other measures to prevent discrimination from re-occurring. By following the link, you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shrc.gov.sk.ca\/pdfs\/accessability\/Guidelines-Accommodating-Hotel%20Patrons-W-Dogs.pdf\">review the policy guidelines<\/a> which are based on those adopted by a Saskatchewan hotel as part of the settlement of a complaint by a patron who was blind. It will also give you a sense as to how the <a href=\"http:\/\/saskatchewanhumanrights.ca\/\">Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission<\/a> views the importance of accommodating those who use service dogs.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>On December 8 2010, the Saskatchewan Government passed The Animal Protection Act, 2010. The Act was first introduced on November 8, 2010, and replaces The Animal Protection Act, 1999.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The new Act increases the maximum fine level for animal neglect to $25,000 for each convicted offence. The previous court imposed fines were a maximum of $5,000 for a first offence and $10,000 for second and subsequent offences. The new legislation also increases the imprisonment period from the previous maximum of six months to a maximum of two years for those convicted of animal neglect.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Bill also includes protection for service animals, such as guide dogs used by people with disabilities. Any person who interferes with or causes harm to a service animal may now be subject to the increased penalties if convicted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saskatchewan does not have a separate Act regarding Service Animals but they are covered by the Saskatchewan human rights Code. Guide and assistance dog users&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asicbc.ca\/index.php\/resources-from-a-z\/guide-dogs\/legislation-pertaining-to-guide-dog-access-saskatchewan\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Legislation Pertaining to Guide Dog Access &#8211; Saskatchewan<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":240,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-289","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asicbc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asicbc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asicbc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asicbc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asicbc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/asicbc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":836,"href":"https:\/\/asicbc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289\/revisions\/836"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asicbc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asicbc.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}