Urgent Help Needed - Bill C-279 – The Gender Identity Bill Bill C-279, The Gender Identity Bill, is an act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code to recognize full equality for trans* people. If passed, Bill C-279 would explicitly include the phrase “gender identity” within the protected grounds of the Canadian Human Rights Act, as well as within the definition of an “identifiable group” for the purposes of laying a charge for hate propaganda or determining hate as a motivating factor for sentencing provisions within the Criminal Code. This bill was passed through Parliament on March 20, 2013, and has been sitting in the Senate for 14 months. We need your urgent help! The Senate is breaking for summer in the middle of June, and we need to ramp up pressure to get this bill passed before then, so the timing is crucial. Please take a minute to send a note to your Senator in support of the bill by going to the following link: trans.egale.ca/ Or you can call your Senator or MP directly. Also, please spread the word ASAP, time is of the essence! For more info on Bill C-279 please go to: egale.ca/all/bill-c-279-the-gender-identity-bill/
Posted on: Wed, 14 May 2014 13:01:32 +0000
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