Vancouver throws its support behind a federal bill that would protect transgendered Canadians
Vancouver city councillor Ellen Woodsworth introduced a motion at the Tuesday November 16th Vancouver city council meeting, asking that the City of Vancouver support Bill C-389 [opens to PDF], a private members bill making its way through the Canadian parliament. The motion passed unanimously.
Bill C-389 proposes amendments to the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code to include protections for gender identity and gender expression. It was originally introduced by Bill Siksay, the NDP member of parliament for Burnaby-Douglas, and on November 3rd, 2010 the Bill was returned without amendment by the House Committee on Justice and Human Rights for report and third reading in Parliament.
We speak with Councillor Ellen Woodsworth.
