April 28 Toronto Liberal […]
When
1977-04-28
Description
April 28 Toronto Liberal Toronto–St.George MPP Margaret Campbell's private member's bill (Bill C–16), to amend the Ontario Human Rights Code to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, was discussed and defeated in the Ontario Legislature. The bill did not come to a vote because, under new rules of the Legislature, it was disqualified after more than twenty Progressive Conservative members, including at least four cabinet ministers, rose to object to it.
All Events
April 4 Toronto The first reading of […]January 7 Halifax In a letter to GAE […]All Places
Queen's Park Ontario Legislature Legislative Assembly of OntarioTorontoAll People
Margaret CampbellAll Organizations
Liberal-Conservative Party, Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative party of Canada, Conservative Party of CanadaLiberal Party of CanadaAll Monograph
Ontario Human Rights CodeBill C–16All Citations
"Vote for Gay Rights—Vote against the Tories," GO Info, 4, no. 3 (May 1977): 1."Two Private Members' Bills Blocked," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 29 April 1977, p. 5"Private Members' Bills Blocked in Legislature," Ottawa Citizen, 29 April 1977, p. 8"Bill's Boys Kill Marg's Bill," Body Politic, no. 34 (1977), p. 4
