September Ottawa The CHRC released […]
When
1979-09
Description
September Ottawa The CHRC released Sexual Orientation: A Policy Planning Report, prepared by Marjorie Ward, which discussed the institutionalization of homophobia in Canada and resulting barriers to the amendment of the Canadian Human Rights Act to include sexual orientation. The RCMP and the Canadian Armed Forces were singled out as being especially opposed to such an amendment. The release of the report prompted the CLGRC to call on Prime Minister Joe Clark's government to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act to include "sexual orientation" as a prohibited ground of discrimination.
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OttawaAll People
Joe ClarkMarjorie WardAll Organizations
Government of CanadaNational 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)Canadian Armed ForcesDominion Police, North-West Mounted Police, Royal Northwest Mounted Police, Royal Canadian Mounted Police RCMPCanadian Human Rights CommissionAll Monograph
Canadian Human Rights ActSexual Orientation: A Policy Planning ReportAll Citations
P.F.S. (Paul-François Sylvestre), "Rapport fédéral décevant," Le Berdache, no. 5 (1979), pp. 8–9."Sexual Orientation Study," Canadian Human Rights Commission Newsletter, 2, no. 5 (October 1979): 5–7David Garmaise, "Canadians Favour Rights for Gays, but RCMP, Army Still Stand in Way," Body Politic, no. 58 (1979), p. 10"CLGRC Rattles Clark's Chain," Gay Horizons, no. 14 (1979), p. 8
