Well, the Canadian Human Rights Act has covered this in terms of sex, but what we wanted to do is make it very clear and explicit so individuals will know how the law is and what the law is, so that they do not have to advocate or become legally enabled to determine or find themselves within another definition—that it is clear. In terms of the Criminal Code provisions that are essentially interpreted quite narrowly, we wanted to make it clear that gender identity and gender expression are specifically included.
On October 27th, 2016. See this statement in context.