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Glasgow City Council has successfully appealed against a ruling that allowed motorists who were sent a low emission zone (LEZ) penalty by untracked post to overturn their fine. The Transport ...
Canadian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer rights are some of the most extensive in the world. [5] [6] [7] Same-sex sexual activity, in private between consenting adults, was decriminalized in Canada on June 27, 1969, when the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968–69 (also known as Bill C-150) was brought into force upon royal assent. [1]
Canada is now regarded as one of the most advanced countries in legal recognition of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer rights. Canada is a relatively gay-friendly country, with its largest cities featuring their own gay areas and communities , such as Toronto 's Church and Wellesley neighbourhood, Montreal 's Gay Village commercial ...
However, Madam Justice Ruth Mesbur of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled in M.M. v J.H that the definition of "spouse" in the Divorce Act was unconstitutional. [100] [101] In June 2005, a lesbian couple residing in British Columbia obtained a similar ruling. [102] The Civil Marriage Act in 2005 amended the Divorce Act to permit same ...
A court in Ontario ruled that gay and lesbian couples wishing to adopt jointly should be allowed to do so, making Ontario the first province to allow this. Currently, nearly all provinces allow gay and lesbian couples (and single gays and lesbians) to adopt children. The Newfoundland Human Rights Act was amended to include sexual orientation.
Rights affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people vary greatly by country or jurisdiction—encompassing everything from the legal recognition of same-sex marriage to the death penalty for homosexuality. Laws concerning gender identity-expression by country or territory
Ontario June 28, 2004 May 2, 2011 First openly LGBT member of the House of Commons from Ontario Raymond Gravel: Bloc Québécois: Quebec November 27, 2006 October 14, 2008 Rob Oliphant: Liberal: Ontario October 14, 2008 May 2, 2011 October 19, 2015 incumbent Randall Garrison: NDP: British Columbia May 2, 2011 incumbent Dany Morin: NDP: Quebec ...
In Canada between 2003 and 2005, court rulings in Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, and Yukon ruled the prohibition of same-sex marriage to be contrary to the Charter of Rights, thus legalizing it in those jurisdictions (which covered 90% of the population).