An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression)

This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 3rd session, which ended in March 2011.

Sponsor

Bill Siksay  NDP

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Second reading (Senate), as of Feb. 10, 2011
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Canadian Human Rights Act to include gender identity and gender expression as prohibited grounds of discrimination.
This enactment also amends the Criminal Code to include gender identity and gender expression as distinguishing characteristics protected under section 318 and as aggravating factors to be taken into consideration under section 718.2 at the time of sentencing.

Similar bills

C-204 (42nd Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression)
C-279 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity)
C-276 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression)
C-279 (41st Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity)
C-276 (41st Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression)
C-389 (40th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression)

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-389s:

C-389 (2024) Improving Accessibility to Automated External Defibrillators Act
C-389 (2017) Student Debt Relief Act
C-389 (2013) Pay Equity Task Force Recommendations Act
C-389 (2012) Pay Equity Task Force Recommendations Act

Votes

Feb. 9, 2011 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.
Dec. 8, 2010 Passed That Bill C-389, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression), be concurred in at report stage.

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Nov. 2, 2010

  • Rob Nicholson, Minister of Justice
  • John Giokas, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice
  • Catherine Kane, Director General and Senior General Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice