Transgender Justice and Bill C-16: The Unfounded Fear of Pronoun Prison
Bill C-16 added “gender identity or expression” to the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination in Section 3(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act. Second, Bill C-16 added “gender identity or expression” to the protected identifiable groups listed under the hate propaganda provisions in Section 318(4) of the Criminal Code.Lastly, Bill C-16 also modified Section 718.2(a)(i) of the Criminal Code to classify a criminal offence motivated by bias based on “gender identity or exp
