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Canada, at times, seems to have so much potential when it comes to protecting Canadian citizens from wrongful neglect and abuse, witness bill C-389:
“Bill C-389 would amend the Canadian Human Rights Act to protect the rights of transgender or transsexual citizens. It would prohibit discrimination on the basis of “gender identity” or “gender expression” in the workplace or elsewhere, and would amend the Criminal Code so that crimes committed against people because they are transgender or transsexual would be treated as hate crime.”
What a forward looking piece of legislation, treating more people like human beings. How outrageous. Something though has to done to derail this crazy human rights train before it really takes off. Thankfully, we have the Canadian Senate for that.
“Since Prime Minister Stephen Harper does not support the transgendered rights legislation, it may well face similar purgatory when it arrives in the Senate.
The Conservatives, who have a majority in the upper house, have adopted the tactic of using the Senate to block private members’ bills passed by the House of Commons that don’t accord with the government’s agenda.”
Ah, can you feel the all the reflection going on? All the deep thoughts and decidedly non-partisan sombre musings?
Me either. It is nice to see the unelected branch of our government quashing human rights legislation as the status-quo most definitely needs to be maintained.
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