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These acts are quasi-constitutional laws that override ordinary laws as well as regulations, contracts and collective agreements. [79] They are typically enforced by human rights commissions and tribunals through a complaint investigation, conciliation and arbitration process that is slow, but free, and includes protection against retaliation.
Under the heading of "Equality Rights" this section states: 15. (1) Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.
In 2022, Canada was the third country in the world, and the first in North America, that statutorily banned conversion therapy nationwide for both minors and adults, and made it a crime to subject anyone to it, as defined by statutory law in the Criminal Code. Canada was referred to as the most gay-friendly country in the world, when it was ...
Renowned trans educator, Aidan Key, answers some of the top questions he gets from parents. I'm a trans educator. Here are the most-commonly asked questions I get about trans youth.
age of consent laws that may impose higher ages for same-sex sexual activity; laws regarding donation of blood, corneas, and other tissues by men who have sex with men; laws concerning access to gender-affirming surgery and gender-affirming hormone replacement therapy; legal recognition and accommodation of the affirmed gender.
The law is the most recent iteration of several proposed bills introduced to previous parliaments. In 2005, New Democratic Party member of Parliament Bill Siksay introduced a bill in the House of Commons to explicitly add "gender identity or expression" as prohibited grounds of discrimination in the Canadian Human Rights Act .
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A trans woman can be registered, not only as female, but also as being "born as a woman". [156] While same-sex marriage is not approved by South Korean law, [157] a transsexual woman obtains the marital status of 'female' automatically when she marries to a man, even if she has previously been designated as "male". [citation needed]