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[14] The $761,720.00 [17] provided by the Government of Canada will be used to increase the amount of money that the organization is able to put into resources they provide for Muslim women and girls. There are many challenges that Muslim women face in Canada today and ideally this funding will foster an atmosphere where change can occur.
The Canadian Human Rights Act is considered quasi-constitutional legislation, and applies to federal government agencies and Crown corporations including the Canadian Armed Forces. [9] It acts to prohibit discrimination on specified grounds, such as race, sex, age, religion, and in the context of employment and publicly available services. [10]
Sheila Copps becomes Canada's first female Deputy Prime Minister. 1994 – Delia Opekokew becomes the first woman to run for the leadership of the Assembly of First Nations. 2000 – Beverley McLachlin becomes Canada's first female Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Deborah Grey becomes Canada's first female Leader of the Opposition in the ...
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 ...
However, in a country where women make up a slim majority of the population at 50.4% as of 2010, [13] the 43rd Canadian Parliament still falls short when it comes to achieving gender parity in government. Canada also currently ranks 53rd in the world in gender representation in government which is behind the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Rwanda. [10]
The Squamish Five (sometimes referred to as the Vancouver Five) [1] were a group of self-styled "urban guerrillas" active in Canada during the early 1980s. Their chosen name was Direct Action . The five were Ann Hansen , Brent Taylor, Juliet Caroline Belmas, Doug Stewart and Gerry Hannah .
When Carignan was promoted to brigadier-general, in June 2016, she became the first Canadian female general from a combat command. She was promoted again in 2019, to major-general, and commanded NATO forces in Iraq. In 2021, she was promoted to lieutenant-general, and became CAF’s first chief for Professional Conduct and Culture.
The Canadian federal government created the LGBTQ2 Secretariat in 2016 to support the integration of LGBTQ2 considerations into the everyday work of the Government of Canada. [ 79 ] On November 28, 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a formal apology in the House of Commons to individuals harmed by federal legislation, policies and ...