Trans Rights Bills Intrduced in New Canadian Parliament
09/22 POSTED BY dentedbluemercedes
http://dentedbluemercedes.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/trans-rights-bills-intrduced-in-new-canadian-parliament/In the first week of the 41st session of Parliament, two Private Member's Bills were introduced, both proposing explicit inclusion of transsexual and transgender people in the Canada Human Rights Act and the hate crimes clauses of the Criminal Code of Canada. Both were inspired by Bill C-389, which had passed in the last session of Parliament and was sponsored by the now-retired Bill Siksay — but then the legislation died when the election was called.
Bill C-276 was introduced by Liberal MP Hedy Fry on Tuesday September 20th, 2011. On September 21st, the NDP's LGBT critic, Randall Garrison, introduced Bill C-279.
