O, Canada!
by rserven
Fri Nov 12, 2010 at 03:50:51 PM PST
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/11/12/920182/-O,-CanadaUnlike here in the US, we have some progress to report from north of the border.
Recently the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights of the Canadian Parliament had been working on C-389, otherwise known as the Transgender Rights Bill. On November 2 the Committee reported the bill back to the House of Commons for its Third Reading, where it is awaiting its final vote. If that is successful, it would move on to the Senate for approval.
Bill C-389 adds gender identity and gender expression to the Canada Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code of Canada hate crimes provisions. The bill's author is MP Bill Siksay of the New Democratic Party (the social democrats, sadly missing in the US).
