September 1 Ottawa Former MP Gordon […]

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1977-09-01

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September 1 Ottawa Former MP Gordon Fairweather was appointed as the first commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC). The CHRC, which had been created under the new Canadian Human Rights Act, was passed in June 1977 and began its official operation on January 1, 1978. The gay movement welcomed Fairweather's appointment as he was seen as sympathetic to gay concerns. In May 1977, Fairweather had moved, unsuccessfully, an amendment to add sexual orientation to the prohibited categories of discrimination in the Canadian Human Rights Act.

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