In an April 2009 post, I reported on the pending legislation in Ontario - Bill 37 - which will amend the Child and Family Services Act (Ontario) and imposes a positive obligation on any person in Ontario, including employers and employees, to report child pornography.

An article in the May 3, 2010 edition of the Canadian HR Reporter - which recently landed on my desk - points out that Ontario is just one of four Canadian provinces to take action in this regard. To summarize from the article (and other sources):

• In April 2009, Manitoba enacted the Child Pornography Reporting Regulation
  that requires anyone who finds child pornography to report it to www.Cybertip.ca, run by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection.
• In April 2010, Nova Scotia enacted the Child Pornography Reporting Act requiring the
  mandatory reporting of child pornography.
• In April 2010, Alberta's Bill 202 (the Mandatory Reporting of Child Pornography Act)  received royal assent and the legislation will come into force on proclamation.
• Ontario's Bill 37 is expected to come into force by January 2011.

As the article points out, the legislation makes it mandatory for anyone - including employers - to report finding child pornography, or face fines or imprisonment.