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C-304
First Session, Forty-first Parliament,
60 Elizabeth II, 2011
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-304
An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act (protecting freedom)
first reading, September 30, 2011
Mr. Storseth

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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Canadian Human Rights Act by deleting sections 13 and 54 to ensure there is no infringement on freedom of expression guaranteed by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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1st Session, 41st Parliament,
60 Elizabeth II, 2011
house of commons of canada
BILL C-304
An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act (protecting freedom)
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
R.S., c. H-6
CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACT
1. Section 4 of the Canadian Human Rights Act is replaced by the following:
Orders regarding discriminatory practices
4. A discriminatory practice, as described in sections 5 to 14.1, may be the subject of a complaint under Part III and anyone found to be engaging or to have engaged in a discriminatory practice may be made subject to an order as provided in section 53.
2. Section 13 of the Act is repealed.
3. Paragraph 40(5)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(b) occurred in Canada and was a discriminatory practice within the meaning of section 5, 8, 10 or 12 in respect of which no particular individual is identifiable as the victim;
4. The portion of subsection 53(2) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Complaint substantiated
(2) If at the conclusion of the inquiry the member or panel finds that the complaint is substantiated, the member or panel may make an order against the person found to be engaging or to have engaged in the discriminatory practice and include in the order any of the following terms that the member or panel considers appropriate:
5. Section 54 of the Act is repealed.
6. Section 57 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Enforcement of order
57. An order under section 53 may, for the purpose of enforcement, be made an order of the Federal Court by following the usual practice and procedure or by the Commission filing in the Registry of the Court a copy of the order certified to be a true copy.
COMING INTO FORCE
Coming into force
7. This Act comes into force on the day that is one year after the day on which it receives royal assent.
Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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