June 2 Toronto The Standing […]

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1981-06-02

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June 2 Toronto The Standing Committee on Resources Development of the Ontario Legislature began hearing public submissions on Bill 7, an act to amend the Ontario Human Rights Code. The committee was chaired by rookie MPP Mike Harris (PC–Nipissing) (later, premier of Ontario). Civil liberties lawyer Clayton Ruby and representatives of CGRO made forceful submissions concerning the government's failure to include sexual orientation in the extended code. Labour Minister Robert Elgie was present during CGRO's submission, and was pressed to defend the Tory government's stand on the issue. He replied, "Sexual preference is not a matter that this government feels should be defined specifically within human rights legislation. The government does not feel it should be enshrined as a normal or acceptable lifestyle." (See also September 8, 1981, and October 28–November 4, 1981.)

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