An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code

This bill is from the 42nd Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2019.

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Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.

This enactment amends the Canadian Human Rights Act to add gender identity and gender expression to the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination.
The enactment also amends the Criminal Code to extend the protection against hate propaganda set out in that Act to any section of the public that is distinguished by gender identity or expression and to clearly set out that evidence that an offence was motivated by bias, prejudice or hate based on gender identity or expression constitutes an aggravating circumstance that a court must take into consideration when it imposes a sentence.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of 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-16s:

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C-16 (2020) Law Appropriation Act No. 4, 2020-21
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Votes

Oct. 18, 2016 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

Canadian Human Rights ActGovernment Orders

October 18th, 2016 / 3:25 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

No.

Canadian Human Rights ActGovernment Orders

October 18th, 2016 / 3:25 p.m.

The Speaker Geoff Regan

[The Speaker read text of motion to House]

(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)

Vote #126

Canadian Human Rights ActGovernment Orders

October 18th, 2016 / 3:35 p.m.

The Speaker Geoff Regan

I declare the motion carried. Accordingly, the bill stands referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

(Bill read the second time and referred to a committee)