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The bill was introduced on 17 May 2016 by Justin Trudeau's Liberal government as Bill C-16 of the first session of the 42nd Parliament. [1] It passed in the House of Commons by 248–40 votes and in the Senate by 67–11 votes with three abstentions. [2] [3] The bill became law upon receiving royal assent on 19 June 2017, coming into force ...
In May 2016, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (C-16) was introduced to the House of Commons of Canada, to add and include "gender identity or expression" in the Canadian Human Rights Act. [78] In June 2017, the Parliament of Canada passed bill C-16 and received royal assent a week later. The law went into ...
Bill C-16 added "gender identity or expression" to the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination in the Canadian Human Rights Act and the list of characteristics of identifiable groups protected from hate propaganda in the Criminal Code – with only 40 Conservative Party members, who were all granted a free vote, opposed the bill. [4]
In February 2017, Maxime Bernier, then candidate for leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, stated that he had shifted his position on Bill C-16, from support to opposition, after meeting with Peterson and discussing it. [135] Peterson's analysis of the bill was also frequently cited by senators who were opposed to its passage. [136]
The House rejected a Republican plan to stave off a government shutdown on Thursday, hours after GOP members crafted a new spending proposal and President-elect Trump endorsed it. The first plan ...
Omidvar was named to the Senate of Canada by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to represent Ontario on March 18, 2016, joining the Independent Senators Group. [1]In 2016, Omidvar's exchange with psychologist Jordan Peterson during a Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs hearing on Bill C-16 received significant attention, where Peterson defended his position against the bill's ...
On transgender equality, the Libertarian Party of Canada states: "Comedians are being fined by Human Rights Commissions and Bill C 16 arguably compels speech". [2] Bill C16 is properly titled "An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code". The bill adds "gender identity or expression" to the list of prohibited grounds of ...
C-16 may refer to: C-16 highway (Spain), a highway in Catalonia; C-16: FBI, a 1997–98 American TV series; Bill C-16, a Canadian law regarding gender expression and gender identity; The Cessna 208 airliner, as designated in the U.S. Army; The French Defence, as coded in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings; Carbon-16 (C-16 or 16 C), an isotope ...