Canada: Breaking News- MP calls for expanded hate-crime laws

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Canada: Breaking News- MP calls for expanded hate-crime laws

http://www.canada.com/burnabynow/news/story.html?id=79b1e29d-7776-47e0-a6f4-4abc4dbdfe45&k=99704
By Brooke Larsen
12/11/2007

"Burnaby-Douglas MP Bill Siksay is calling for transgender and transsexual people to be protected under Canadian hate crime laws.

The NDP MP introduced a bill Tuesday that would add gender identify to the hate crime section of Canada's Criminal Code. The bill would also see hate directed at these people as an aggravating factor when someone is convicted of assault, damage to property and harassment."