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The Canadian Human Rights Act [1] (French: Loi canadienne sur les droits de la personne) is a statute passed by the Parliament of Canada in 1977 with the express goal of extending the law to ensure equal opportunity to individuals who may be victims of discriminatory practices based on a set of prohibited grounds.
The Accessible Canada Act (ACA; French: Loi canadienne sur l'accessibilité) is a Canada-wide accessibility act that applies to the federal public sector, Crown corporations, and all federally-regulated organizations, [2] building on the Canadian Human Rights Act and focuses on the prohibition of discrimination based on disability. [3]
Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 - Specifically deals with all kinds of discrimination and hate crimes faced by people on the basis of their gender identity and gender expression. Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 - Specifically prohibits discrimination and violence against people with physical and/or mental ...
In 1983, Parliament amended s. 3 of the Canadian Human Rights Act to expressly state that discrimination on the basis of sex includes pregnancy and childbirth. [ 68 ] Beginning in the 1960s, Canada launched a series of affirmative action programs aimed at increasing representation of women in the federal public service. [ 84 ]
Anti-terrorism Act, 2015, 2015; An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code, 2016; Cannabis Act, 2018; Tobacco and Vaping Products Act, 2018 (formerly the Tobacco Act) Accessible Canada Act, 2019; Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act, 2019; Impact Assessment Act and Canadian Energy Regulator Act, 2019
Under the heading of "Equality Rights" this section states: 15. (1) Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.
The bill adds "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. It also adds that evidence that an offence was motivated by bias, prejudice or hate based on a person's ...