October Ottawa Justice Minister Ron […]
When
1976-10
Description
October Ottawa Justice Minister Ron Basford announced that the federal government would reintroduce its Canadian Human Rights Act legislation early in the new session of Parliament. When originally introduced in 1975, the legislation did not include protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation. The government took this approach because it wanted the commission to work only in areas where there were already precedents (in provincial human rights codes). NGRC/CNDH and many other groups and individuals protested this exclusion throughout 1976. (See also December 2, 1976.)
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December 2 Ottawa Proposed […]All Places
OttawaAll People
Ron BasfordAll Organizations
Department of JusticeNational Gay Rights Coalition Coalition nationale pour les droits des homosexuels NGRC CNDH, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Rights Coalition / Coalition canadienne pour les droits des lesbiennes et des gais (CLGRC / CCDLG)Government of CanadaAll Monograph
Canadian Human Rights ActAll Citations
David Garmaise, "Sexual Orientation Not Included," GO Info, 3, no. 5 (October–November 1976) : 3.David Garmaise, "No Protection for Gays in Human Rights Act," Body Politic, no. 29 (1976–77), pp. 7–8David Garmaise, "Human Rights Act to be Reintroduced," Body Politic, no. 28 (1976), p. 5D.G. (David Garmaise), "Human Rights Act: No Protection for Gays," NGRC Forum, 2, no. 1 (Winter 1977): (1–2)David Garmaise, "Basford Adamant on Exclusion of Sexual Orientation," Body Politic, no. 30 (1977), p. 7
