September Ottawa The CHRC released […]

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1979-09

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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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Ottawa

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Joe Clark Marjorie Ward

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Government of Canada National 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 Forces Dominion Police, North-West Mounted Police, Royal Northwest Mounted Police, Royal Canadian Mounted Police RCMP Canadian Human Rights Commission

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Canadian Human Rights Act Sexual Orientation: A Policy Planning Report

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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): 5–7 David 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

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Marjorie Ward

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