The City of Edmonton has changed its attire guidelines at public pools to allow all adults and minors accompanied by their parents to swim bare-chested, saying the policy was adopted to conform to the province’s Human Rights Act.
“All patrons are permitted to go topless in City operated pools if they so wish,” says the City of Edmonton on its website.
Edmonton started reviewing the swimming attire guidelines in 2019, and implemented the change in June 2022, a spokesperson for the city told The Epoch Times.
“In 2019, the City of Edmonton began a process of reviewing the types of attire that can be worn while in pools in recreation and leisure centres, and in outdoor pools, to ensure they were aligned with Alberta’s Human Rights Act,” Christopher Webster said in an email statement….