Bill C-16
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Jarnhamar said:
Jarnhamar: It, that, might be of some issue ;D
By May covered on Cdn news outlets:
Transgender Canadians should 'feel free and safe' to be themselves under new Liberal bill.
Harassment, discrimination and violence faced by LGBTQ community is 'unacceptable,' PM says.
The Trudeau government introduced on Tuesday federal legislation that would guarantee legal and human rights protection to transgender people across Canada, casting it as the latest in a Liberal tradition of human rights advancements.
"I'm proud to say that moments ago, I introduced legislation, Bill C-16 ... that would ensure that Canadians will be free to identify themselves and to express their gender as they wish while being protected against discrimination and hate," said Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould adding that, "because as Canadians, we should feel free and safe to be ourselves."
The proposed legislation was met with loud cheers and applause from several members and advocates of the transgender community who were invited to join the justice minister on the occasion of International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/transgender-bill-trudeau-government-1.3585522
By October: Transgender rights bill passes key Commons vote, heads to committee.
A bill meant to enshrine the rights of transgender people by adding gender identity and expression to human rights and hate crime laws is heading to the justice committee.
The House of Commons voted by a margin of 248 to 40 to pass the legislation, known as Bill C-16, at second reading.
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and New Democrat MP Nathan Cullen – political rivals who have found common ground on the issue of trans rights – hugged each other on the floor of the House after the vote.
The legislation would, if passed, make it illegal under the Canadian Human Rights Act to deny someone a job – or otherwise discriminate against them in the workplace – on the basis of the gender they identify with or outwardly express.
It would also amend the Criminal Code so that gender identity and expression would be included in hate speech laws.
The bill will ultimately have to get through the Senate, where an earlier private member’s bill put forward by NDP MP Randall Garrison was gutted and died when the 2015 election was called.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/transgender-rights-bill-passes-key-commons-vote-heads-to-committee/article32429543/
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So when is our human rights god going to ask the Chinese and the Sauds to follow our example? And what is he prepared to do to bring them to heel. He wants to start trade with Iran. Will he say no to them unless they reform? Not likely.
Inventing 'phobes' and then banning what you just invented. We have lost our right to free speech. Shame.
Inventing 'phobes' and then banning what you just invented. We have lost our right to free speech. Shame.
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