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September 9 Toronto Metro Council […]

When

1980-09-09

Description

September 9 Toronto Metro Council, the governing body for the greater Toronto area, rejected a Metro Bill of Rights that included sexual orientation by a vote of 22 to 8, and instead substituted a weaker declaration about being an equal-opportunity employer.

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Toronto

All Organizations

Metro Council, Metropolitan Toronto Council

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Metro Bill of Rights

All Citations

"Metro Rejects Rights," Metro Community News 7 (12 September 1980): 1.Ed Jackson, "Metro Votes for Equal Opportunity but Refuses to Say Who's Equal," Body Politic, no. 67 (1980), p. 11