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Talk:Why Canada?

From Trans World Express

Legal protections (RESOLVED, NOW IN ARTICLE)

Anti-discrimination laws: Yes; Federal Protections where added to the Canadian Charter of Human Rights as a protected class as of 2023(citation needed)

Was this the addition of "gender identity or expression" as prohibited grounds for discrimination, added to section 318 of the Canadian Human Rights Act in 2017? Bill introduced 2016: https://www.parl.ca/documentviewer/en/42-1/bill/C-16/royal-assent Passed 18 Oct 2016: https://openparliament.ca/bills/42-1/C-16/?singlepage=1 Assented to 19 Jun 2017

Wording should be 'Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code' rather than 'Canadian Charter of Human Rights'

Extra context in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Act_to_amend_the_Canadian_Human_Rights_Act_and_the_Criminal_Code

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