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Hello Everyone,
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We just found out via Sarah Manns and the Trans Lobby Group that Bill C-279 (the Federal ‘Gender Identity’ Bill) will be discussed at the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights on November 20, 22, and 27.
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This is the bill that was originally written to add ‘gender identity’ and ‘gender expression’ as protected grounds from discrimination and hate crimes under the Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms and the Criminal Code of Canada; however, it is now only proposing ‘gender identity’ after the Conservative Party of Canada threatened to defeat the bill during Second Reading.
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More information on the Bill can be found here: http://www.parl.gc.ca/LegisInfo/BillDetails.aspx?billId=5122660&Mode=1&Language=E
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Information about how to depute or make a submission has not been published yet. It will likely be posted on the House of Common’s Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights website.
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Moving forward,
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Martin Otarola
Queer Ontario Secretary
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Queer Ontario continues to strongly support the amending of the Ontario Human Rights Code to include “gender identity” and “gender expression” as recognized and thus protected grounds within Ontario. We are pleased that the Bill is being sponsored by representatives of all three parties and expect that it will go through…
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