Bill S-257
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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II – 1 Charles III, 2021-2022 |
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SENATE OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act (protecting against discrimination based on political belief)
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FIRST READING, November 29, 2022
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THE HONOURABLE SENATOR ATAULLAHJAN |
SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Canadian Human Rights Act to add political belief and political activity to the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination.
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Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address: www.sencanada.ca/en |
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1st Session, 44th Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II – 1 Charles III, 2021-2022 |
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SENATE OF CANADA |
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BILL S-257 |
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An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act (protecting against discrimination based on political belief) |
His 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 2 of the Canadian Human Rights Act is replaced by the following:
Purpose
2 The purpose of this Act is to extend the laws in Canada to give effect, within the purview of matters coming within the legislative authority of Parliament, to the principle that all individuals should have an opportunity equal with other individuals to make for themselves the lives that they are able and wish to have and to have their needs accommodated, consistent with their duties and obligations as members of society, without being hindered in or prevented from doing so by discriminatory practices based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability, Insertion start political belief or activity Insertion end or conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered.
2 Subsection 3(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Prohibited grounds of discrimination
3 (1) For all purposes of this Act, the prohibited grounds of discrimination are race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability, Insertion start political belief or activity Insertion end and conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered.
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Published under authority of the Senate of Canada
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EXPLANATORY NOTES
2 The purpose of this Act is to extend the laws in Canada to give effect, within the purview of matters coming within the legislative authority of Parliament, to the principle that all individuals should have an opportunity equal with other individuals to make for themselves the lives that they are able and wish to have and to have their needs accommodated, consistent with their duties and obligations as members of society, without being hindered in or prevented from doing so by discriminatory practices based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability or conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered.
3 (1) For all purposes of this Act, the prohibited grounds of discrimination are race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability and conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered.