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April 29 Vancouver Members of GATE […]
When
1977-04-29
Description
April 29 Vancouver Members of GATE (Vancouver) confronted Justice Minister Ron Basford during a public address by Basford on Bill C–25, held at the Vancouver Public Library. GATE's spokesman Rob Joyce complained about five years of inaction on the part of the federal government in adding protection based on sexual orientation to Canadian human rights legislation. He cited the John Damien and Gay Tide cases as examples of why this protection was necessary. Basford was unmoved, and said that the new legislation would flow from "established rules of discrimination."