Bill C-33: An Act Respecting Human Rights in Canada – A Promise Finally Fulfilled

1 May 1996
May 1, 1996

The brief congratulates the government for including sexual orientation in the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination in the Canadian Human Rights Act. However, it criticizes the government for allowing a free vote on this issue.

Bill C-33: An Act Respecting Human Rights in Canada - A Promise Finally Fulfilled
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