Hello all :)

I hope you are having a nice day :)

recently, I have been hearing a lot about the Canadian C-16 law (https://openparliament.ca/bills/42-1/C-16/), however finding unbiased sources on the matter has been difficult (http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/sandeep-prasad/bill-c-16-equality_b_16655338.html, http://canadafreepress.com/article/canadas-bill-c-16-transgenderism-and-the-loss-of-common-sense)

so i ask you people of neutral politics, what does the bill actually entail?

Link to Bill

Submitted by Not_a_bonobo

Submitted on behalf of the Liberal Party

Debate Ends 2019/02/28 6 PM EST

https://www.twitter.com/lornaslater/status/1469592101608476675

Posting this for trans rights solidarity, because there are few places outwith this sub on Reddit where you can highlight something like self-ID without being inundated with the usual shite.

Also a chance for Labour voters to yet again laugh at Abla and their Alex Salmond let hate campaign against trans people https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGUsxtYWQAUCapv?format=jpg&name=medium

And finally hopefully some inspiration for Labour lefties that it is possible to see change and have political leaders that don't throw trans people under a bus.

We are the only Province that does so.

Just thought I'd share this weird fact with you, and wondering how long it will be until it pops up with respect to COVID or the anti-vaxxers?

Section 5: Prohibition of discrimination

(1) No person shall in respect of

(a) the provision of or access to services or facilities; (b) accommodation; (c) the purchase or sale of property; (d) employment; (e) volunteer public service; (f) a publication, broadcast or advertisement; (g) membership in a professional association, business or trade association, employers’ organization or employees’ organization,

discriminate against an individual or class of individuals on account of

(p) an irrational fear of contracting an illness or disease

I've had this discussion elsewhere but I feel it deserves its own discussion.

The human rights act SPECIFICALLY calls out that discrimination based on a person having a potentially infectious illness.

>Prohibited grounds of discrimination
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>(1)
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>For the purposes of this Act, the prohibited grounds of discrimination are—
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>(h)disability, which means—
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>(vii)the presence in the body of organisms capable of causing illness:

Why is it that this isn't being mentioned anywhere?

Does the human rights act even matter any more?